On Off

As a child of the 21st century Evan is very concerned with the health of the planet, and he figures one way he can help out even at his young age is by conserving energy. At least I assume that's what he's thinking when he tries to turn off the lights whenever you carry him out of a room, which is what he's been doing for the last month or so. I mean, it's not like flipping a light switch is fun or anything, right?

Anyway, it occurred to me this weekend that Evan could turn the lights off, but he didn't know how to turn them on yet. Conserving energy is great and all, but there are times when it really helps to have a light on to see what you're doing (at night, for instance). I decided that the time had come to lead Evan out of the dark and let him join the rest of the bidirectional switch-flipping world (sorry, but "out of the dark" was the best pun I could come up with).

Fortunately Evan is pretty much a sponge at this point in his life, and after a short demonstration of the basic principle at hand he was Oning and Offing with the best of them:

Also fortunately it's going to be a while before he can reach the switches on his own.