Shower origami

Children just have different priorities from adults, and a different sense of the interaction between the practical and the possible.

For example, this morning Aidan wanted me to make him an origami whale. A reasonable request, given that I had made him one previously - and he even had suitable paper. The fact that I was taking a shower right at that moment did not trouble him at all.

I explained that actually I was a bit busy right now, and furthermore, doing origami in the shower was not likely to lead to a durable product. I said though that I would be happy to make him one when I had finished showering. Quickly, I added that "finished showering" included getting out of the shower, getting dry and dressed, and applying moisturizer and deodorant.

He accepted this, but I could tell he was unconvinced that I wasn't just stalling.