how to freak your mother out

Dear Toddler Boys,

If you really want to freak your mother out, here is what you should do.

1. Wait until after the bath on a particularly difficult day (see previous post).
2. Walk over to your mother, while you are still nude, holding your hand over your privates and crying.
3. When your mother asks you what's wrong, just keep saying "hurt, hurt, mommy it hurts", and gesture towards your still covered private area.
4. When your mommy lays you down to have a look, don't be surprised at her look of shock when she sees what you've done.
5. Try not to laugh as she slowly discovers it's OK, you've just colored your whole private area (both the bits and the pieces) with red marker.

Seriously folks, this is what happened here this evening. I am still not sure if the whole thing was a trick on me, or if somehow, the act of coloring himself with red marker actually did make it hurt. Either way, I am grateful for washable markers.