Naked Like Alex's Friend

[Editor's note: This was written by Sue as an email, even though Jake posted it. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.]

In case you were wondering (and I know you were), Michael is now a part of our everyday language as "things related to being naked." Every time Dunc goes to the bathroom (which he is now consistently doing on his own, woohoo!) I know about it because he thinks that it is necessary to completely take off his pants and underpants in order to sit on the potty, and that it is unnecessary to put them back on when he's done. Whenever Dunc suddenly appears with nothing on from the waist down, we know another successful trip to the potty has taken place. (This also serves as a quick alert to ask if he peed or pooped, as Dunc ALSO considers wiping unnecessary--no wiping plus no pants means sitting is not a good thing...)

So, a few times he's come down without a shirt, or he just takes his shirt off in the course of his disrobing, which leaves him completely naked followng his potty trip. Yesterday he showed up totally naked and announced, "Oh, Mom, you are SO happy to see me naked."

"No, actually, I'm not."

"You're not?"

"No, I'd like you to put your shorts back on."

Awwww...But you are happy to see me naked like Alex's friend Michael!"

Later in the day he said something similar to Uncle Mark. "I am naked like Alex's friend Michael!" I find it very funny the word "naked" does not exist in its base form for Alex and Dunc without "- like-Alex's/my-friend-Michael" added to the end, all because of one apparently very memorable playdate in which some naked dancing occurred. Cory's friend Jane used to strip down in our living room regularly for two years when they were Alex/Michael's age and Cory and Bot never associated her with nakedness like this....