Literally

Rosalee is a very trusting loving child. She listens to her parents (most of the time anyway, but come on she's almost 2!) and believes them 100%. When she tells her parents she wants to do something and they agree, she thinks she can do it. When she tells her mother that "Trouble need a bath, she stink" and her mother says, "yes, we'll give Trouble a bath" she thinks that the dog will in fact get in the tub and be bathed. Here are some things that I often forget about children.

1. Their timeframe and mine is not the same. I think the dog will be bathed sometime in the next week. Children think everything will happen right now.
2. Children often use the same word or name for several differnt things.
So I filled Rosalee a bath because she was covered in marker and ketchup. (Two different activities that both ended up in body art...) When she ran off to the bathroom she grabbed her new stuffed dog that Jesse got her at the fair. It looks kind of like a bulldog and is called Trouble by Rosalee. Before I could put the pieces together she whipped her toy into the full tub and with a smile on her face said, "now Trouble no be stinky." The dog has gone EVERYWHERE this past week so I guess a little water can't hurt.

She even got her brother's sponge scrub thing and proceeded to wash the dog.
Oh and a third thing I forget about children- they may be small but they are quick! Escpecially if they are doing something potentially naughty. I shampooed Rosalee's hair and turned around to get the camera for a picture of her nice spike. When I turned around the last of the shampoo (thankfully it was almost empty) was being put on the dog toy. Rosalee's response, "now she smell clean, not be so stinky."
Ah, children.