Okay, I will admit it... I don't have much control over the children -- and dog -- in my home. My husband insists they don't take me seriously because I offer them empty threats and don't follow through.
That was just some background info. Now for the story.
This evening, my husband was out and I was trying to get the kids to eat dinner, but they kept getting up, being distracted, etc. The radio in the kitchen was on and it was a rock station playing. My daughter got up, disappeared for a moment and came back with a colander lid with a long handle, which she then proceeded to use as a guitar. She played air guitar to accompany the song on the radio.
I told her to put away her "guitar" and sit down to finish her dinner. She did...for a short bit.
She disappeared again and came back with her "guitar," ready to accompany the next song on the radio. Again I told her to put it away.
Me: "What's the difference between now and what I told you two minutes ago, when I told you to stop?"
Quick Thinking Son: "Two minutes."
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Wow. That is one sharp kid! (Can you include ages, please, in your future posts?)
Ayelet, I'll try to remember for next time... In the meantime:
youngest, a boy, will turn 6 next month, G-d willing; middle, a girl, is 8 1/2; oldest, a boy, is 10 1/2.
It was that 10 1/2 year old who heard me talking to my daughter, and piped up. Yes, bli ayin hara, he does have a quick and bright wit to him.
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