Apparently buckets of candy combined with a fever and little sleep do not a rational child make. Hence, Stink threw a tantrum of epic proportions at Borders yesterday.

Given my options of slap the bejeebus out of him, ingest buckets of vodka or parent him with grace, I opted to enforce quiet time in his room while making him work on those kindergarten spelling skills.

"Here are five lines, Stink. You write the words "NO ARGUING" (at the top) on each line and call me when you're done."

I was thinking I had thirty minutes.

Five minutes later, I heard my name. When I came upstairs I was presented with his completed task, along with the following mandate right back at me: "Mommy, I wrote your name and eight lines beneath it. Since you made me do something I didn't want, you need to do the same for me."

I wasn't sure whether to kill him or send in his application to law school.

Brat.





 


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Sprite's Keeper link
11/08/2008 05:20

Come on! Do it! Write it out! (I think it's adorable!)

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Travis Erwin link
11/08/2008 06:06

Turnabout is fair play after all.

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Deb link
11/08/2008 15:12

Still Laughing =) Kids - you gotta love 'em. Or lock them in the closet. Whatever you prefer.

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gretchen link
11/08/2008 15:40

So...are you s'pose to write, "no cheeky upstarts?" or what? "no laundry on Saturday".

Too cute.

Tantrums are so much fun.

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Jacqueline link
11/08/2008 16:23

When my daughter was a newborn a friend of mine looked at her and told me "Awww! She's so beautiful! You know, God made her that way so you don't leave her at the fire station."

Words to live by. During the last horrible tantrum (um, yesterday) I asked her if she wanted to go to the fire station. That so backfired, she got really excited. Guess where I spent the afternoon.

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Emily
11/08/2008 21:13

OMG, what a funny kid! Where do they come up with this stuff? Jacob "asked" for something today, and when I gave him that look, he says, "No buts, Mommy. No buts."

No cheeky upstarts, indeed :-)

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phd in yogurtry link
11/08/2008 23:43

Hmm, extra credit?

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phd in yogurtry link
11/08/2008 23:44

oh yeah, and i've got a prickly pear rita with your name on it.

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ms chica link
11/09/2008 09:19

Law school or an insurance claim agent.

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Heidi link
11/10/2008 11:10

Can you do both?

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FringeGirl link
11/10/2008 16:34

Ha! That's hysterical. Sign him up for law school asap. It can only benefit you in the future.

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hisgirl link
11/11/2008 06:49

I love that God matched that child up with you... it's good for genius like that to be properly recognized.

think of you often, friend...xoxo

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Braja link
11/20/2008 19:01

Well, I'm a little confused: I admire your solution--an admirable one and yes, he's going to be lawyer--but do not understand why that solution precludes the choice of buckets of vodka???!??!
And this from a woman who doesn't drink. I don't trust myself....

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