Do as I say?

Cooper's young enough to not really know about certain kinds of rights and wrongs, which can make for funny and awkward moments. Two examples;

I somehow dropped a particularly slinky undergarment in the living room a few days ago, after needing it for a photo shoot that a friend was doing for her magazine for modern moms. Gotta have clean lines under tight dresses even when you have a somewhat bumpy post-partum figure, you know. Anyway- yesterday Cooper found said undergarment, puzzled over it for a moment, and then proceeded to try and wear a flesh colored pair of women's thong underwear the same way that Borat wears his bathing suit- legs through the holes, but instead of the sides being on the hips, they go over the shoulders in a dramatic and wholly inappropriate V. All the time, Cooper was proclaiming, "Cooper wear mama underpants on his bottom! Yay!" Matt was laughing so hard I thought he might burst a blood vessel.

Sometimes, when Lucky barks a lot at people or other dogs, Matt or I will say, "Lucky, that's enough" in a stern voice. And then Lucky usually stops barking. I didn't really realize how much Cooper was listening to things we said to the dog until a few days ago when the whole family was in the car together. Grant was crying pretty loudly and Cooper was obviously pretty unnerved by how upset Grant was. After a minute or two, Cooper turned to him and said, in a very serious tone, "Dant, that's enough."

Also, Cooper has decided that he knows how to parent. When Grant is crying upstairs, he tells us that we should "Check baby and be right back." And if Grant is crying while we are holding him, he declares, "Mama try nursing."