2 days ago:
me: “cashill, will you please throw the orange peels/wrapper/random trash away?”
cashill: “no!”
me: “cashill, pick up the orange peels/x/x/x/x/x or you’ll have a time out”
cashill: “mmmm, no!”
me: “ 1…. 2….. 3….”
[time out]
/end scene
tonight:
me: “cashill, will you please throw the orange peels away?”
cashill: “no!”
me: “cashill, pick up the orange peels or you’ll have a time out”
cashill: “i want to snuggle mama”
me: “you want to snuggle mama? pick up orange peels and we’ll snuggle”
cashill: “up please. snuggle mama. i love you!”
[5 second snuggle and he’s playing with his ball and shovel]
[orange peels still on kitchen floor]
/end scene
kid has me figured out.
