3 year old Smarty-pants

So this is just too good not to share. I can home from work this last Tuesday and heard my mother-in-law telling my two older boys to clean up their toys. (On a side note: my MIL lives with us and helps watch the boys when my hubby and I have to work). So they continue to run around with their cars. I proceed to tell them that they need to listen to their grandma and out their toys away. My oldest son “M” comes barreling down the hallway with a big fire truck. I stop him and ask him to put the toys away. He looks at me and says “I don’t see any toys.”. Me: I mean the toy in your hand

M: *proceeds to look at empty hand* I don’t see a toy in my hand

Me: *rolls eyes* Don’t be a smart-ale. I mean the toy in your other hand

And here is where the realization of my son’s true intelligence came into glaring view...

M: *switches very large toy from right hand to left hand; then looks at now empty right hand* I don’t see a toy in my other hand

Me: *utterly fails to maintain composure and must turn away to laugh*. Of course I made sure he did out the toys away, but where did that come from???

When did my 3 year old get so smart that he figured out how to try and dodge a direction instruction through a loophole. So what does this say about the future? That I need to ask the Lord to help me guide this spit-fire spirit for His good. Anyone else have some similar stories to share?