For the last two nights, Christopher has helped himself to the toothpaste. He smears toothpaste all over the counter, mirrors and his hair. Mom and Dad took the initiative to put the toothpaste behind the mirror in the medicine cabinet. But, Bean is on a quest to put his own toothpaste on his brush.

Tonight, he got up on the counter, looking for the toothpaste and Jim says, “No, you can’t have it because you made a mess the last two nights. “ Jim left the bathroom for a moment with the toothpaste in his hand. He came back into the bathroom to find Christopher up on the counter with something in his hand. Christopher is adamant saying, “I’m going to put this on my toothbrush by myself.” Jim asks, “Put what?” while he watches Christopher unscrew the cap to a tube of Preparation H.

I know it’s rotten but I came so very, very close to letting him do it… it would have been a Kodak moment for sure.