Sunday, December 7, 2008

My Can Opener is a Dinosaur

Merritt has become enamored of my can opener. He watched me open a can of tomato sauce with it and was so impressed by its abilities that he immediately appropriated it. The can opener is now named Rexie and is, as I'm sure you can guess, a T-Rex with amazing sharp teeth. So, I was making spaghetti sauce today and couldn't open one of my jars of fresh canned tomatoes. I called Chad up to open it for me and Merritt followed quickly behind him declaring that Rexie could do it better. I explained that it wasn't a job for Rexie, but that I would call if I needed a can opening dinosaur. About 10 minutes later, that call came. I needed tomato sauce and tomato paste opened. I showed Merritt how it was done and he proudly opened those cans for me. Then he went downstairs and told Chad, "Rexie is a stronger helper than you. You opened the can with your hands but he cut it open with his teeth!"

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