How can you get mad when they do this?

Today, Jeremiah and Isaac where playing in the dining room. I could hear them and the sounds let me know what they were up too... a skill I have learned for the sake of sanity. But then I heard the sound of Jeremiah getting into the dishwasher, in the kitchen. I asked him what he was doing. He said that he was getting a cup so he could have a drink of water. He knows how to get water out of the water dispenser-thingy we own, and he does a pretty good job of it. So I said, "Ok, just be careful." Next I heard a little bit of complaining from Isaac, followed by a quick dishwasher opening and closing sound, and finally the sound of water pouring. Oh oh, that is never a good sound, trouble must be brewing. So I put Eden down in the basinette and went to check out the noise, fearing the worst of course.

My boys apparently knew that they would get into trouble if they spilled water on the floor, and Jeremiah also knew that Isaac is not that good at using a cup yet, he is a terrible cluts under the best of conditions. So they came up with a remedy that would keep mommy happy and let them have a little independant drinking... All I could say was, "Thank you for using the towel. Becareful, and make sure you put the cups up when you are done." They are so clever, and I am afraid that they know it too.

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