What not to do. By Dewey

Most of the time, I work hard to remember the things I am told to do: sit, shake, upsy pupsy (Mommy translates: go up the stairs), bring it, go potty, smooch. There is a lot for little boys to remember.

Sometimes I'm so busy remembering what I am supposed to do that I forget what I am not supposed to do. Mommy and Daddy have a lot of those rules, too. Some of them I have heard a lot lately:

• Don't bite Daddy
• Don't chew a hole in Mommy's new sweater
• Don't eat sticks
• Or rocks
• Or chapstick tubes (Cherry. Yummmmmm....)
• Don't jump into Mommy's chair (even if it makes grabbing stuff off the table easier)
• Don't rip the face off of my fuzzy bear and pull all of the guts out
• Don't steal Daddy's dirty sock and run away
• Don't take his running shoe
• Don't drag the bath mat out of the bathroom
• Don't stand on my tippy toes to help myself to the treats

There is a lot to remember when you're little.