Kris was grilling burgers for dinner the other night (yes, we have cleared it of it’s inhabitants). He came to the door and asked me to grab him some cheese slices. I reached in the fridge and grabbed the last three pieces of cheese in the drawer and handed them to him. He headed back out and Grace proceeded to throw herself to the floor and scream for cheese. I tried to explain that there was no more cheese, but unfortunately she couldn’t hear me over her wailing and kicking.
Time to exercise the art of distraction. I picked her up and went and sat on the couch to try and occupy her until the food was ready. Once I got her calmed down a little, we started to play the name-that-part-of-your-face game. The conversation that followed went like this:
Mommy: “Where’s Mommy’s nose?”
Grace, smiling and pointing: “Right dere!”
Mommy: “Where’s Grace’s nose?”
Grace, smiling and pointing: “Right dere!”
Mommy: “Where’s Grace’s chin?”
Grace, smiling and pointing: “Right dere!”
Mommy: “Where’s Grace’s hair?”
Grace, smiling and pointing: “Right dere!”
Mommy: “Where’s Mommy’s hair?”
Grace, smiling and pointing: “Right dere!”
Mommy: “Where are Grace’s eyes?”
Grace, smiling and pointing: “Right dere!”
Mommy: “Where are Grace’s teeth?”
Grace plays silly and tries to hide her teeth while smiling.
Mommy: “Come on…show me those teeth!”
Grace still plays silly and hides her teeth with her hand and laughs.
Mommy, tickling: “I want to see those teeth!”
Grace laughs while trying to press her lips together to hide her teeth.
Mommy, tickling: “I want to see those teeth!
Smile…say CHEEEEEESE!”
BIG mistake.
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