Lies told today
"I have to have that sharpie back, it was given to me by my best friiiiiiieeeeend"
"KK gave me your keys and told me to get the mail" as she tries to shove every key into the box
"the neighbors want me to chase their bunnies"
"I did hang up my clothes"
"I don't know how the pillows go on the sofa"
"I'm not throwing a tantrum"
"I don't have any homework"
"I didn't get another snack"
"I did brush my teeth"
followed by my favorite moment of the night
FL: "KK just called you a P-H-U-T-O"
me: "That's not how that's spelled"
I guess that's not what I was supposed to say.
KK was in a rotten mood all night
throwing a tantrum that involved throwing herself on the sofa - kicking all the pillows off and screaming
I sent her to run around the block to burn off the bad juju
"are you done? do you need to run some more?"
she did
she needed 3 laps
and still had another tantrum
but a much less energetic one.
Happy Monday!
(oh - during all of the FL was required to hang up her clothes -- which took her about 40 minutes because she couldn't stop taking clothes off the hangers and then back on and then crying about her vintage heirloom sharpie)
Do my kids swap lies with yours its almost a carbon copy. I like the "chase the bunny" one. For teeth cleaning the best thing is to show them a photo of, Shane MacGowan the singer with Pogues. It works all the time. As for a good tantrum I just stand there and laugh its seems to work as well. Kids don't you just love them!
ReplyDeleteHugs Ashly xx
I'm partial to the "chase the bunnies" one too. My great-great grandfather reportedly got into the habit of cutting school, way back in the day, in Italy. His excuse? Told the teacher he was cutting grass for his father's rabbits. Yep. But he grew up to be a poet, and a scholar, so all's well that ends well, right?
ReplyDeleteDarn kids... lol
hang in there - hugs,
sofia
ahahahaha "vintage heirloom sharpie"
ReplyDeleteYOU ARE A CRUEL WOMAN! CRUEL! I'm positive that sharpie has been passed down for generations.
Oh, I must admit to a small thrill at seeing I am not the only one who points out incorrectly spelled words they are not supposed to be using!
ReplyDeleteP-H-U-T-O (snorts) and you just correct the spelling...classic.
ReplyDeleteCannot explain how much mouse loves this....
So SFP, my kids sadly have had their day in the lieing sun! Oh holy cow they come up with some doosies. I love Love LOVE the spelling correction. There is a phase that kids go through where you seriously question your parenting (even though you have had only good influences)...when they lie and truthfulness has been something that has been reinforced over and over as a priority. However, they do it anyway and you despair.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck! BTW, This is why we have grey hair!!!
Hugs,
fiona
My favourite was chasing the bunnies too. Though just think, is this where track stars and long distance runners get their starts?
ReplyDeleteFor some reason my sister used to tell her kids that if they didn't brush their teeth, they would grow up with big yellow teeth with a horse. So I used to tell mine that too. Sort of worked.
Good luck with it all.