Water Work

Lucas LOVES to play in the kitchen sink and it's often a cause of conflict between us. I don't mind if he plays in the water all day and makes a huge mess, but he prefers to spray things with the water, which means he wants it to constantly run. I can't stand wasting water, especially since we've had such a bad drought this year. Anyway, he's figured out that it's easier if he just goes ahead with this task without asking permission... that way he at least gets to enjoy himself for a few min. Last night we were all three in the family room and we noticed Lucas trying to carry his little blue chair across the room. He kept dropping it and tripping over it, but he didn't ask for help so we just watched. I guess we got distracted and forgot about it, but a couple of minutes later we heard the water running and knew what the stinker had done. We tip-toed around the corner to sneak a peek and saw that he had probably tried his blue chair, but when he realized he was still too short he went and got the kitchen chair. Little smarty. I let him play for a few min and then told him that it was time to finish up with our water work. He surpisingly said, "bye-bye water" and turned it off.