Oct 21st, 2008
A conversation with Colin
Last night I while I was making dinner Colin and I had the following conversation:
Colin: I want to play with my catapult fire ball toy.
Me: Sure, I will get that down for you if you clean up the living room first.
Colin: I want you to help.
Me: I can’t, I am making dinner. If you want to play with your toy you need to clean up the living room.
Colin: That’s not fair. That’s so not fair. You should help me.
Me: Colin, I didn’t make the mess you did and it’s yours to clean up. Is it fair to me that I have to clean up after you?
Colin: Yes.
Me: Do you help me with my chores? Is it fair that I have to do your laundry? Do you want to start washing your own clothes?
Colin: Yes
Me: Great. Do you think you can do it yourself?
Colin: Yes, with some help from my mom.
Me (laughing)
Colin: I made you laugh. You’re laughing…I hear you. (in other words you aren’t going to make me clean now). I am going to tell you a joke. What is the junkyard pee-pee head garbage pee pee poop bring to the pee-pee (insert nonsense words here) in the junkyard?
Me: Colin I don’t want to hear a joke about pee and poop.
Colin: It’s not a joke about pee it is about junkyards.
To that I had no answer and by that point I couldn’t remember if I had put enough water in the rice or what step I was on in the recipe and Holden was hanging all over my legs. Colin is pretty good at outsmarting us with his 4 year old logic.
the laughing thing will get you every time! even logan pulls that on me. she looks so cute I can’t continue to discipline her (not that I have to much anymore…we are in the golden years now).