Well, I pulled another all-nighter at the arena yesterday and around 7:30 I started freaking out because it was Monday night, y'all! You know what that means, right? Paranormal State!! Which starts at 8. So lucky for me, my DH showed up at 7:45 and I took No.3 and No.4 and made a mad dash for home. Only, when we got to the vehicle my diva daughter decided she didn't want to sit in her carseat, that was for "babies". No, she wanted to lay in the back, amid the toys and spare coats and food wrappers and the stroller. (Hey, 'dirty is better' applies to vehicles, too, you know! lol) Of course, all that's going through my mind is "10 minutes til the show starts!" but she was adamant, she was NOT going in that carseat. And that, folks, is when I came up with the most brilliant and evil threat ever!
"Get in that carseat or I'm calling the cops! Its illegal for little kids not to be in their carseats, and they'll arrest you if you don't get in there, RIGHT NOW! I mean it, Lena! Okay, that's it! *got out the cellphone and started dialing random numbers* Oooohhhh, just wait until they get here! You're going to jail!" She didn't believe me until I got that cellphone out, then it was a mad scramble to get herself all buckled up. Muahahahah! <---evil laugh
You're all horrified, I know. "What an evil, diabolical mother!" Hey, you don't know my daughter (well, some of you do, so you should know why I had to resort to that). She is the most contrary, stubborn, determined creature. If she's in a mood there's no reasoning with her. You could offer her icecream and she would say no just to spite you. But now that I have this cop threat, oh ho, things are going to be different around here. "Its illegal not to clean your room!", "Eat those green beans or you're going to jail!", "The law says all kids must be in bed by 8 o'clock!" Of course, this will only work until Uncle Levi the Cop decides to spoil my fun by telling her the truth. Knowing Levi, he'll want to be Uncle #1 and so he won't want her thinking cops are mean. Drat!
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Thats it, bringing the cuffs over for family dinner. Might have to "tune" that daughter of yours in.
Sweet! And tell her its illegal to run around in the grocery store and parking lots. Lol. No, seriously. Actually, she would probably think it would be cool if you put real cuffs on her. She found a toy pair the other day and she's been obsessed -- cuffing herself to things, stuffed animals to each other, sneaking up on me and cuffing me to the chair.
I love that idea Beau...I'll keep it in mind in case I need to use it someday!!!
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