Cool Qotes from a 4 year old-The remodel edition

Published on June 2, 2006 By lifehappens In Blogging

I put my two adorable, but exhasting children to bed at last. I could finally get some more work done on the master bathroom. The plan: finish tearing out the old tile and damaged drywall. So imagine my surprise when my son giggles and wanders into my room.

"Good morning, Mom!"

Sigh. (don't laugh) He was only in bed for 15 min. But seeing as that was a pretty inventive excuse to get up, I invite him to stay up for a few more min.

He watched me with wide eyes for a a while and then pronounced, "Mom, I'm going to tell Dad that you are breaking the bathroom. He is going to be so mad at you."

I couldn't help it, I had to let him call his dad and "tell on me".

And no, I was not in trouble.

Comments

Dr Guy

on Jun 02, 2006

Yea, I can see you getting in trouble with your husband. I pity the fool that crosses you.

Chaos Manager

on Jun 02, 2006

*chuckle*

Man, I can just imagine the earnest look on his face when he popped up with that one. Their fun antics at that age are just to build up some forbearance for when they start transforming into teenagers ...

Or so it seems with my 11 year old.

Enjoy him while you can

Tova7

on Jun 02, 2006

You should get mother of the year.

Once I am into a project like that and the kids are supposed to be in bed...well I get a bit testy when they interrupt my work.

I'd have said something like, "Yeah, nice try. Get your butt back in bed."

I should probably order some patience, do you have any to spare?

lifehappens

on Jun 03, 2006

I pity the fool that crosses you

I can just imagine the earnest look on his face when he popped up with that one

Yeah, that's the thing. He is so earnest in everything. He didn't say it with attitude, just a statement of fact. Kinda like when you look at the disaster your brother created and you feel sorry, but you don't want to get mixed up in his trouble!

Or so it seems with my 11 year old.. Enjoy him while you can

Ouch. I;m not looking forward to the day when he is a teen. He already has teen-tendencies that drive me crazy.

Once I am into a project like that and the kids are supposed to be in bed...well I get a bit testy when they interrupt my work. I'd have said something like, "Yeah, nice try. Get your butt back in bed."

I think i did end up saying that exact phrase eventually. i'm a little bit more lenient when 1) he is extra cute and 2) my husband is gone.

I should probably order some patience, do you have any to spare?

I'm not as patient as I sound, but I do try to weigh the situation a bit more lately. I usually end up saying, "If I see you or hear you, you go straight to bed. So if you want to stay up and watch, don't get any closer and be very quiet."

Oh, new blog idea....parental threats....

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