Dylan,
A couple months ago you entered into a new phase, finding endless hilarity in words like "poo-poo" and "poopy-butt".
We've actively discouraged this, but there's something innate to little boys which makes confining use of such terms to an appropriate --and very limited-- venue difficult.
Recently, we decided that inappropriate outbursts, such as "I went pee-pee on my food, HAHAHAHA!" you would cost you the use of a train. The first confiscation hit you pretty hard. You were sitting at the table, lost for words until finally managing: "I need a hug".
You've lost one more train since (another coach, actually), but there seems to have been a noticeable improvement in your choices of vocabularic exercises. As a mechanism of punishment, it's not ideal. There's no inherent connection between inappropriate language and trains, and we'd really prefer to have you learn from the natural consequences of your behavior. But hey, I'll take it.
Dad
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