Accident-Purpose

Me:  So...what do you DO at school anyway?

Ethan:  I play at recess.

Me:  But what do you do when you're not at recess?

Ethan:  That's an accident....    And when you build a dukie house, that's an accident.

Me:  No, that's not an accident. That's on purpose. Now... if you tripped and fell and the dukie house fell down, then that would be an accident. [unfazed by any dukie discussions at this point of Ethan's boyhood]

Ethan:  Building a dukie house is an accident.

Me:  No, that's naughty behavior. And very gross.

Ethan:  But if you knock it down, it's an accident.

Me:  Very good. You know, my cousin Cassie and I used to fall down on purpose and say we did it on accident-purpose.

Ethan: Accident-purpose?? That's silly!