Doing it at daycare

At daycare when a kid requests a sippy cup, they make him or her sit because running about the room sprinkling milk everywhere isn't civilized. Whenever I discover some rule they have at daycare, I always pretend I'm not surprised by it, as though we too are civilized and would never let our daughter tramp around the living room with an upside-down sippy cup and spaghetti fingers.

In actuality, the sitting rule has been in effect at our house for about two days.


The photo I'm waiting to get is one with Lyla and both dogs sitting in a row in anticipation of a treat. It's happened, but the camera wasn't nearby. It'll happen again; she'll do the sign for milk, we'll say "Okay Lyla, you need to sit," and the dogs' ears will prick up and they'll run over and sit too.

Since Lyla knows what it means to sit down, the only thing the dogs have on her is the ability to defecate outside. And really, for all I know they've been doing that at daycare for weeks.