If you have spent any time with toddlers, you will know that they have a charming fixation with all things "nakee", and it's really high up on the list of things toddlers find hilarious.
Genevieve, being of the toddler persuasion, has embraced the humor of her people. She's also very aware of her clothes when she wears them- so buttons need to ALL be buttoned up. If they're not, she says things like, "Button my dress, peeease! My nakee all fall out!"
... And then I unwittingly told the Nude Flash story to Andrew in Genevieve's earshot. That kid hears *everything*.
The Nude Flash
When KidBrother Sam was little, and I was in sixth grade, there was a flasher around the local high school. As a kid, I thought the whole thing was HILARIOUSLY funny; as a jaded adult who has watched too many episodes of Law & Order: SVU, it's horrifying.
I told Mom about the warning, and how funny I thought it was, and KidBrother Sam asked what "flashing" was. The word "nude" came in, and he mostly got it.
At one point, shortly after, he had forgotten his towel, and thus, needed to streak across the hall from the shower to get one from the linen closet.
"NUDE FLASH!" he hollered as he ran. (Later, it was explained that the "nude flash!" was to let us know to LOOK AWAY. Not to look at the source of the hollering. Also, no amount of explanation could convince him that "nude flash" is redundant.)
From then on, any time there was a streaker in need of a towel, we would holler "nude flash!"
Well.
Since overhearing the story, whenever Genevieve manages to escape the shower, getting dressed, or getting from the toilet to the changing table, she hollers "NUDE FAAAAAASH!" and streaks around the house until we can catch her. Let the record reflect that she is fast and wily.
She hasn't quite figured out the "shuck your clothes and run" maneuver, but I have no doubt we'll get there. It's the strangest kind of triathalon I'm training for: running, catching, wrangling a nude flash.
Ha ha ha ha! Toddlers are so adorable. They're darn fast, too, for having such little legs. She's beautiful and I look forward to hearing more from her when my computer gets fixed and I can catch up on the show.
ReplyDeleteWhat IS the thing with the bellybutton pull? We have that going on daily as well. It looks like it hurts!
ReplyDeleteWhen my youngest grandson was potty training, he would run around the house (and occasionally escape outside) with nothing on. Yep, set for a nudist camp. Cute kid with chubby cheeks fore and aft!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL -- I love that stage. One of my sons was getting ready for bed, after a marvelous evening trick or treating. Our door bell rang, and before I could stop him, he ran to the front door, opened it (to a gaggle of teenaged girls in costume) and yelled, "I'M NAKEE".
ReplyDeleteI think it's a toddler right of passage.
This story is adorable! It will be so wonderful to have this record of her growing up once she's older. Thank you so much for sharing this blog with us (and your podcast!).
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