One of the many reasons why we have to TEACH our children self-preservation....
So I'm napping nicely, and Mom heads out to get Zoebug. I hear the frout door close and I wake up a little bit. I hear her ask Justin....twice, if he has his key....
Then I hear her remind him he's grounded from the TV this evening because he had it on this morning.
I drift back to sleep thinking that the matter is settled.
"Moooooooom" in THAT whine. You know the one.
*pause* If I don't answer, maybe he'll get the hint and go away.
"Mooommmmah!"
"What?" Maybe if I don't turn over and look at him, he'll go away.
*pause* He doesn't speak, he just stands there, staring at my back. I roll over and look at him.
"What is it?" I'm proud of myself, I'm not even yelling.
"But I was only rewinding a movie....why can't I watch TV,whatamigoingtodo....?"
*glare* "You didn't have to have the TV on to rewind a movie, did you?"
*sputters* "But, uh, well, I couldn't see...."
"That was the point." *pause* "Wait, didn't your grandma just tell you what you were supposed to do?"
"Yes."
"....and you woke me up?"
*squirm* "But I was only...."
*temper flair* "And you woke me up for this?"
.......
You know, it would be funny if I wasn't me.
Then I hear her remind him he's grounded from the TV this evening because he had it on this morning.
I drift back to sleep thinking that the matter is settled.
"Moooooooom" in THAT whine. You know the one.
*pause* If I don't answer, maybe he'll get the hint and go away.
"Mooommmmah!"
"What?" Maybe if I don't turn over and look at him, he'll go away.
*pause* He doesn't speak, he just stands there, staring at my back. I roll over and look at him.
"What is it?" I'm proud of myself, I'm not even yelling.
"But I was only rewinding a movie....why can't I watch TV,whatamigoingtodo....?"
*glare* "You didn't have to have the TV on to rewind a movie, did you?"
*sputters* "But, uh, well, I couldn't see...."
"That was the point." *pause* "Wait, didn't your grandma just tell you what you were supposed to do?"
"Yes."
"....and you woke me up?"
*squirm* "But I was only...."
*temper flair* "And you woke me up for this?"
.......
You know, it would be funny if I wasn't me.