In other words . . . .

So I've been trying to train my two youngest daughters out of  asking for things by beginning, "Mommy, you said . . . . "  

"Mommy, you said we were going to the park."

"Mommy, you said we were going to read books after dinner."

"Mommy, you said you would come downstairs with us and play dollies."

"Girls," I told them, "it sounds rude to demand and say 'you said.'  If you want to remind me of something I promised, go right ahead, but be sure to say it politely."

A few minutes later, my three-year-old approached me with her little tin of watercolors:  "Mommy, you, you . . . you sweared you would paint with me today."

Comments

[sarah]

lol :-)

[JP]

Ya gotta admit, she listened to what you said.......ha ha! Kids! They say the darndest things, don't they though? You provided my smile for today! God Bless!

[Blair]

So glad to find you blogging again! I treated myself to your beautiful book and have just this afternoon read over half of it! So inspiring, thank you so much. It has really encouraged me and made me thankful for the blessing of an amazing Catholic homeschool group which already offers many of your ideas! I will surely be blogging about it and passing it along to my friends right away.

[Carlie]

Hee hee! So cute!

[Kathy]

Oh how sweet is that:-)??!!