"I'm Being Tricky!"

Cooper is a mischievous little boy. He likes to play tricks on Amelia and me. In the past they have included: locking us out of the car, locking us out of the house, locking us out of the bathroom (I carry my keys everywhere now), hiding Amelia's favorite toys, "borrowing" toys from preschool, unrolling and re-rolling an entire roll of toilet paper, taking my bookmark out of my book and lastly--today's newest trick.

I was working out in the garage (lots of room, and no thumping for my neighbors below me) for 20 minutes. 20 minutes, people. Cooper usually watches TV or plays while I sweat it out. Today I heard him moving around, some water running and long periods of silence. I didn't want to stop my workout to check on him, and assumed whatever mess he'd made I could clean up easily. After the 20 minutes were up, I dragged myself upstairs to the kitchen. I opened the fridge to retrieve my perfectly chilled water and found this:



Yes, that's my EMPTY liter water bottle with toothpaste in it. I looked down at my sweet little boy who was wearing the most charming smile possible. He said, "I'm so tricky! I put my toothpaste in your water bottle!"

My water now has a slight cool mint flavor.

Bless his tricky little heart.