Hubby had an old school friend, T, over for a couple of days.  While we were taking T around town, he related a story about how his nephew, J, was taught that whenever he entered the house, he had to take his hat off.  Ever since then, whenever anyone entered the house, J would pip up, “Hats off in the house!”  Even if they were just popping back into the house to pick up something they had forgotten, they would have to remove their hats to please J.

Recently, I have discovered that Gavin has picked up the same bossy habit.  Since he could walk and started wearing shoes, we have enforced the rule of “shoes off inside the house” and “shoes on if you want to go outside - no shoes, no going out”. 

A couple of days ago, Gavin started making a huge fuss and we ran to see what was happening.  He was watching our maid clean the porch and she had removed her slippers because she didn’t want them to get wet as she hosed down the porch.  Gavin kept squealing, pointing to the maid and signing, “shoes”.  He wouldn’t stop until the maid put her slippers back on.

I guess it was his way of saying, “No shoes, no going out!”

When you have a toddler in the house, there are no exceptions to the rules…

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