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Friday, January 21, 2011

"I Wanna Clean The Poop NOW!"

Have you now or ever had a child who begged, commanded, or just plain liked doing chores?  At what point does it become a "chore" and is no longer fun?  I cannot remember the age at which that began in my own children.  The title of this post came out of the mouth of Skye, the 2-year-old we babysit.  She is too cute for her own good.  She keeps us in stitches and makes us laugh so much- even when she's supposed to be in trouble I have to hide my laughter because she cracks me up!  One day, she was in time-out for some reason, and she was crying.  Through her big fat tears, she begs, "It's my fault.  I sowwy, Aunt 'Chele!"  It took all I had to continue with the punishment (of 2 minutes on the time out chair).  I sat down and explained to her that I was dissappointed in her behavior and that I still loved her but she did not need to do it again.  With her big blue eyes and the sweetest voice, she said, "Yes, ma'am."  I picked her up, gave her a hug and sent her on her way!  What am I going to do when I have grandchildren?  My oh my!!??

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