Yesterday Mrs. Pheasant and I had the opportunity to experience unadulterated honesty only in the way that can be provided by a preschooler. I had just gotten home...
(Back story - a few months ago, our son had been playing rough with the other kids and climbing the fence in the play yard. We've set up consequences with him since then. First Offense equals a warning. Second Offense in the same week equals no puzzles for the weekend. We've only had to be puzzle-less for one weekend)
Wife: Sweety, were you a good boy today?
Our Three Year Old: Mommy, I don't want to tell you.
Wife: What happened?
***Silence***
Me: Baby, did you push today?
Our Three Year Old: No, daddy.
Me: Did you hit today?
Our Three Year Old: No, daddy.
Me: Did you scratch today?
Our Three Year Old: No, daddy.
Me: Did you climb the fence today?
Our Three Year Old: Yes.
At which point, my wife and I thanked him for telling us and issued his warning. Life is good. Man, what will we do when our boys are teenagers?
Have a great weekend everyone! Take it away, Fred!
Dancing Queen by ABBA - a good song to start the weekend with. Fun.
Flower by Liz Phair - another good song to start the weekend with, if the wife & I had the energy and the opportunity for this kind of fun.
Note: if curiosity makes you look up the lyrics to this song, you will most likely want to make sure the kiddies aren't reading over your shoulder.
Blossom by James Taylor - a bit of a weaker song, but James could sing the phone book and it would still be palatable.
This Train by The Indigo Girls - a revision that was done very nicely.
Save a Prayer by Duran Duran - a nice throw back to the 80's.
Sending The Old Man Home by Jimmy Buffet - I think I'll request this song to be played at my funeral.
Every Woman In The World by Air Supply. Okay, who else was just taken back to a memory of their high school dance with all the boys standing against a wall and the girls against the other with no one dancing?
Show Me The Way by Styx. A great road song...particular when one is lost.
The Call of The Ktulu by Metalica - Ouch. To think that I once listened to this without the aide of Ibuprofen.
The Ocean by Led Zeppelin - rock on! Where is that damn Aleve?
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Love the honesty story! I love even more the removal of puzzles is the consequence. hehe. My daughter needs to meet your son. They would surely hit it off. :)
And... did we go to high school together? or are ALL dances like that? LOL.
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