Parenting tip #2478

If you invite your toddler to help (pronounced "HAY-YELP") you wash the car, go ahead and turn off the car alarm. Because when the toddler decides the best mode of car washing is to repeatedly hit the car with a wet and soapy cloth, it will set off the alarm.

And if you decide to tell the toddler to stop hitting the car and wait for the alarm to stop, go inside and get the keys already, because it will happen again. And again. And again.