Life Lessons

Fans, we must also ask: why is Joe's hand so often in his butt? Last night, after using the potty, he left his shorts and underwear off, which used to be fine with Julie. No longer. Our Hero cannot seem to be mindful of where he is placing his hand, and is treating his bum as a de facto pocket. Initially Julie thought that perhaps Joe needed to use the potty, or hadn't wiped well. No. Even having to wash his hands three times in rather quick succession after placing his hand between his little butt cheeks did not make Joe more mindful of where his hand was. So Julie has decreed, in her own mind anyway, that Joe may not run around in the buck. He must wear his underwear. It seems sadly obvious that his hand will still wander to his bum crack, but at least we won't have to prompt incessent hand washing. (Also, Julie fears if she continues to highlight it, he will begin doing it not unsciously as he is now, but on purpose. She had this realization last night when after he auto-asked why in response to the directive to remove his hand from inside his bottom, she found herself saying that in polite society, we simply do not put our hands in our bottoms. Certainly, Joe is very familiar with phrases like "polite society," especially given that the two-week theme currently running at school is "gross science," and yesterday found Joe and his classmates doing a quote boogey project endquote. When queried, Joe relayed that "there are a lot of boogies in there." Where remains a mystery.)