pluto takes a bath...twice!

Two days ago, SJ told me that his head got wet when he was going to the bathroom.  In my mind, I was thinking, "How could you get your head wet?"  Instead I ask him out loud, "SJ, what do you mean?"  He said he looked down and got his head wet.  His head appeared dry, but I still called him over to look at his head.  I didn't smell anything, so I thought maybe he was pretending.  A few minutes later, he tells me that it was his hat that got wet.  He was wearing all yellow, so I deduced that it was his Pluto hat.  He got it in Walt Disney World a few years ago and wears it a lot!  I told him to go get the hat and let me see it.  When he brought it downstairs, he was carrying it with hand towels.  He said he tried to dry it off, but I could smell something. (If you guessed urine, you would be right!)  I told him that it was dirty and we would need to wash it.  If you know SJ, you know this was not what he wanted to hear.  He started to cry and he asked me not to wash it.  I wasn't going to argue this point, so I told him to bring it up to the laundry room.  We put "Pluto" in the laundry with the hand towels.  I set the machine and said, "See you later, Pluto."  SJ started to cry harder.  He said, "Why does it have to take 45 minutes?"  I replied, "That is how long he takes to get clean."  We went downstairs to clean up the breakfast dishes.  Every 10 minutes, SJ checked on Pluto's bath.  When Pluto was finally done, SJ announced that the machine said "End".  I went to get the hat and took it outside to the deck.  I told SJ that it was so hot outside (thermometer reads 92^o) that it will dry in no time.  SJ waited about 10 more minutes and retrieved the hat from the deck.  He placed it on his head and said, "He is as good as new, Mom!"  Thank goodness for washing machines and the bright sun.  SJ's crisis only lasted a little over an hour!