Toilet paper, headless dolls, and other ways kids are like dogs

A friend of mine says to me, I don't know how you do it--I have a hard enough time taking care of my dogs. Kids and dogs are strangely alike. Of course there is the warm and fuzzy things about how they are loyal, and loving. But no, those aren't the things I am referring to.

• They enjoy unrolling the entire roll of toilet paper.
• They require  you to buy paper towel wholesale.
• They enjoy rolling in the grass/dirt.
• Your bed is always preferable to theirs. 
• Shredding the newspaper and flinging it about the room never loses its entertaining factor. 
• They go bazerk with excitement when the doorbell rings.
• There is no understanding of the concept known as “sleeping in.”
• They will run at maximum speed towards any large body of water.
• They want to catch a squirrel. 
• Even though their clothes are super cute, they don't want to wear them.
• They follow you from room to room, as if you are leading a parade.
• The toilet water is one of the most interesting things in the house.
• When you talk they just stare at you, trying to figure out why you are talking to them.
• They constantly want to climb on you and lick your face.
• Removing the stuffing from a toy is more fun than actually playing with the toy.
• If something falls on the floor, it is still okay to eat it. 
• They want to stick their heads out of the car windows. 
• If you are eating something, then it must be something really really yummy and they should get to eat it too.
• Often, it is nearly impossible to tell what they are saying.
• You worry about their teeth.
• Every time you say the words “I am going” they run towards the door in hopes that they are going too. 
• When you walk down to the mailbox, they will sit in the front window and stare at you to make sure you are coming back and not making an unannounced get-away to somewhere they are sure is going to be infinitely more fun than what they are doing.
• If you leave a pen out, they will chew it to bits making sure that they get ink all over themselves, the floor and the furniture.
• They make the couch smell.
• They enjoy the contents of the garbage can.
• They eat the heads/arms or other extending parts off of plastic toys.
• A french fry on the floor of the car is a great snack.
• They stand next to you while you vacuum under the furniture in the hopes that you will find something wonderful that they’ve lost.