Not Sure We've Been Entirely Effective

i had to do another post today because annie just said something both alarming and funny. so, you know how you need to teach your children the dangers of poison (ie. cleaning products, etc)? well, we have been trying to instill in annie and especially our resident poison-lover, jasper, that the things found under the sink in the kitchen are very dangerous and poisonous. i have generally come to refer to everything under the sink as "poison". dish soap? poison. sponges? poison. rubber gloves? poison.

now, with annie we never had a problem keeping her out of certain cupboards when she was a baby. we gave her the drawer in the kitchen that had all the plastic containers in it and she could play all she wanted in that drawer. she was perfectly happy doing so, and never waivered, unless it was to the drawer above, the potholder drawer. under the sink was never a temptation for her. jasper, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with the entire cupboard over which we have given him free reign. no, he only wants to get under the sink. he only wants the poison and nothing but the poison. except when he wants my only nice glass vase, which he pulled out of a cupboard and broke. i know, my fault for putting it down low.

needless to say, i have finally had to purchase cabinet locks because jasper is too much of a trouble maker. never had to use them for annie, but jasper is another story.

i digress, though, because this isn't about jasper, it is in fact about annie. i was just loading the dishwasher and she was "helping" and she said, "mommy we have to put the poison in here", pointing to the spot where you put the dishwasher soap. so i said, yes, that's right, that's where the soap goes. then she goes to the cabinet under the sink and says "i need to get the poison" and i tried to explain to her that, no, you don't need to get the poison. the reason it is poison is because it is dangerous to you and therefore you should not touch it.

apparently that point hasn't really been made clear though, because, as far as annie is concerned we might as well be saying "puppies" or "candy" or "princesses" instead of poison. so after i told her to not open that cupboard because the poison is under there and it is not a toy, she replied:

"i loooooooooooooooooooooooooove poison!"