going around in circles

my life is full of circular conversations. take this morning, for example. liam: "i spilled my yogurt on the table at breakfast." sara: "did you clean it up?" liam: "oh, yes. daddy and me cleaned it up." sara: "daddy and i cleaned it up." liam: "no, you didn't, mommy. daddy and me cleaned it up." sara: "i understand that. but the correct thing to say is, 'daddy and i cleaned it up.'" liam: "but that's silly! you weren't there." i think that before abbott & costello wrote their "who's on first?" routine, they must have consulted a preschooler.