A few weeks ago, Logan was getting into the habit of saying, with great feeling, "You're making me sad!" Sometimes he used it properly, but I finally realized it was becoming a tool of manipulation as well. So one morning we were packaging cookies for the cookie exchange...
Logan: Can I have a cookie now?
Me: No, not now.
Logan: You're making me SAD!"
Me: You're just saying that because you're not getting what you want.
Logan (quietly): I'm trying to control you!
I'm pretty sure I told him something along those lines some time in the previous days. But he sure put it all together and saw what was going on! Incidentally, I don't think he's said that since. :-)
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HA! We have very different ideas of FUN - seems like every time I leave the house it takes more than 3 hours to get anything done and it drives me nuts. I ran around today for SIX hours and now I have a splitting shopping headache. Ugh.
Oh, I just realized I'm commenting on the wrong post - thanks for the great quote. = )
By the time I was old enough to know what I was doing I was smart enough not to admit it!! Great post.
that is so funny. and yet, not funny, because it makes me wonder if I underestimate my kids' comprehension of these things. Hmmm. thanks for sharing, anyway. :)
Yeah, Rhonda, around the same time, I started asking him (when he was freaking out about something) if he just wanted to be the boss of the whole world. He said yes, and I could tell he knew what I was talking about. And then he calmed down! :-)
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