Me do me do.

boy was adamant

he didnt want him to put the shaving cream on his face Me do. 

                                                                   if he wasnt so cute hed be cantankerous

looking at him in the mirror he nodded  Yes  You do

boy held his hand out to him

he placed a dollop of Noxema Sensitive Skin on his fingersWAIT wait a moment  cautioning him with an upright indexfinger

he placed some on his fingers set the can down still looking at him in the mirror he swabbed some with the fingers of his other hand and began lathering his face cheeks chin under his jaw throat daubed under his nose

Me do monkey see monkey do

he did a fine job

two years old  very coordinated

he ran water and rinsed the excess cream from his fingers

Me do followed suit

he ran his razor under hot water and cautioned HOT

Me do ran a plastic toy pothandle from his cousin Bellys kitchen set that looked remarkable like a razor under hot water too

Now we shave  he began strokedup his throat  

                

boy noddedacknowledged him in the mirror

monkey see monkey do

Yare doin a great job

he nodded he concentrated  he shaved deftly

   when they finished Excellent Now we use a warm washcloth to soothe our skin

he halffilled the sink dropped in two cloths squeezed out one set it on the counter then a second for himself

Like this Remember its very WARM  he rubbed his face gingerly with it

monkey see monkey do

they placed the cloths back in the sink

he stepped awaycrossed to the towelrack  gathered two handtowels 

Me do stepped off the stool he stood on  together they dried their faces

After shave young man Original Old Spice

he nodded

a splash in eachs palm 

he enjoyed its astringency

YEOW 

     oops

two year old skin

he snatched a washclothwrung it out leaving it just wet enough and wiping his face he heard his wife hustling up the hall What’s going on! 

Were cool were cool

   not even into the bathroomcurious how well women can smell You gave him aftershave.

I did

       Rite of passage  our rites are evaporating

Ill give you a right. playfully she socked him in the shoulder  Come here baby. 

his skin was flushed

You seeing his skin?

AwJesus whadayatthink  a chemical burn

 

   she rubbed baby lotion on his face He’s still a baby.

I gotta disagree he needs to man up hes shaving now

Oh for Christssake. 

                       I want you in the kitchen and make your waffles, the girls are watching cartoons. she scooped Me do up in her arms  Come on, honey, you can watch cartoons with your cousins while uncle makes us breakfast. 

                                                                                                                 WHOOSH

they was gone 

   Man he thought  she ought to be grateful I was teaching him with a safety razor annot my straight edge  Our rites of passage are slipping away

            

2353,  Thursday,  25  1. 1990

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