Curioser and Curioser

Rhiannon startled me today with a most-unusual request. We were having an action figure party when she all of a sudden stands up and closes the door. She looks at me very seriously.

"Dad?"

"Yes."

"I want you to do what I do, even if it's gross, OK?"

I think about this for a moment. Hmm. "Sure!"

Rhiannon smiles and immediately drops her pants.

"Rhiannon, I don't think I'm going to do that."

She is bottomless and a little angry.

"You have to! You PROMISED to do what I do!"

"No. I'm not taking my pants off."

"Dad!"

"No!"

"But when Kwynn and I did it, she took her pants off and I took mine off. It was FUN!"

Oh God. I held my ground.

"Rhiannon, if you want me to pick my nose, I will, but I'm not taking my pants of. Sorry."

She thinks about this for a minute, and then pulls her pants up.

"OK. Can we play with Barbies?"

"Sure."

And when Rhiannon plays Barbies, their clothes are off in an instant. So they can put different clothes on, of course.

Rhiannon. Nakedly cute.

Andrew (Papa)