Who's Smarter Than A Two-Year Old?

If anyone reading this knows anything about Elmo's World than you can appreciate why we have a fish named Dorothy. It's simply a male beta fish in a fish bowl - just like the real Dorothy...only with male fishy parts...and he is a boy with a girl's name...and he can't be in a bowl with any other fish. Other than that he's just like the real Dorothy. When we went to the fish store to get Dorothy about six months ago there were no orange beta fish. Only black and white ones. So we got a white fish. Three days ago my "nursing" senses kicked in and I feared that Dorothy might have cataracts. Pretty bad senses considering Dorothy had in fact kicked the bucket. So I let it be known that Dorothy was very tired and in fact was sleeping all day. And then I had to develop a plan to get a new Dorothy and switch the new fish without the boys figuring it out and without waiting more than a day or so when old Dorothy would be sure to start melting away. Not an easy thing to do as a single parent!

Luckily my brother was in town and aided me in the big switch. Perfect. Dorothy was back, even feistier than ever and even ate her food!...something that may have contributed to the demise of old Dorothy. New Dorothy is quite a bit darker than old Dorothy but they didn't have any white ones left. I was one step closer to getting my secret stealthy Ninja certificate. Then it all unraveled last night. O was sitting looking at Dorothy swimming around very intently. Uh oh. He suddenly looked at me and said "Dat not Dorfee! Dat back!!". Uh.....ok Jenn, keep cool. "What are you talking about buddy? It's Dorothy. See?" "No! Dat back. Not Dorfee". Quick...THINK!!! Yes! Distraction! "Hey buddy, do you want a cookie and to watch some Nemo?" Nemo and a cookie. Haven't heard a word about it since. Yep - that's right...I'm smarter than a two year old!