Big Daddy comes in and interrupts me while I am in class (on-line). He seems to be really upset about what he has just discovered. In comes a nearly naked Pretty Pink Princess.
I ask her, "What happened to your clothes?"
I ask her, "What happened to your clothes?"
Big Daddy- "You need to come see this and do something with the Princess before I sentence her to the tower for eternity."
I walk into the bathroom to see a trail of water from the toilet to PPP's potty. On the side of the tub is a coffee mug. (Are you ready for this?) I dared to ask, "Princess, who made this mess?"
Princess- "What mess? Somebody did that? "
Me - "Really, Well who was playing in the toilet?"
Princess- "Somebody did that. I don't know who!"
(Ahh, she looks soo sweet and innocent)
Me - "WHO WAS PLAYING IN THE TOILET?" (dumb question)
Princess- "Somebody, maybe brother."
Me -"YOUR BROTHER WAS NOT IN THE BATHROOM"
Princess- "Oh yeah, he has been in the chair."
Me -"YES, he has."
Princess- "Well, somebody did that. Maybe me? That was not me."
Me -"It wasn't?" (another dumb question)
Princess- "No. That was my hand that did that."
Me - *eyes rolling and concealing laughter* "So, not you, but your hand made all this mess by itself?"
Princess- "Yeah. My hand did that. And the cup too!"
Me -"GET A TOWEL, CLEAN UP YOUR HAND MESS AND STAY OUT OF THE BATHROOM UNLESS YOU HAVE HAVE A REASON TO BE IN HERE!"
Princess- "The cup made this mess too. It help me clean too? Come on cup, we clean this mess."
Princess- "Yeah. My hand did that. And the cup too!"
Me -"GET A TOWEL, CLEAN UP YOUR HAND MESS AND STAY OUT OF THE BATHROOM UNLESS YOU HAVE HAVE A REASON TO BE IN HERE!"
Princess- "The cup made this mess too. It help me clean too? Come on cup, we clean this mess."
She gets a towel and gives the cup a ride on it as she wipes up her mess. How do you correct that?
Seriously... whoever said we weren't born with a sin nature is kidding themselves. No one ever taught this child to lie but it is our job as parents to teach them why they shouldn't. So what kind doozies have your kids tried to pull on you? How did you teach them better?
Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms 34:11
6 comments:
Priceless!
Oh that was precious!!!! I was rolling! My kids (there are 4) are just figuring out how to 'cover' for each other so we are hitting new territory here.
My 3 year old just started experimenting with lying and we are doing what we did with our 16 year old (who was just praised for being truthful at school - though he still would receive punishment whether he told the truth or not). We just went straight to the Bible - Prov 12:22 and John 14:6, to start with and so many others depending on the situtation. Telling our kids, no matter what age, what God's Word says and then carrying out a logical consequence is what we found to be most effective no matter what the transgression might be. Also explaining the harm that could come from lying - like someone else being wrongly blamed and other such consequences.
She is adorable! Oh, I miss that innocent lying stage.
So cute! Kudos for not laughing; I know it was hard!
Goodness! That pattern of blaming the "hand" the devil, the other person ... can continue for a lifetime if we're not careful. I'm ashamed to say that sometimes I still have to talk to God about "my mouth." It just seems to say things on its own. Ehem! (little coughing sound) Can you relate, or what?
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