Straight for the heart

Dave is out tonight so I took the kids for a walk. When we got back to the house, Noah ran ahead of us and locked the door. (first mistake) I knocked on the door and he opened it (second mistake) - smiling (third mistake).

I told him it wasn't funny and I don't know what part of him thought it was okay to lock us out of the house. I sent him to his room. A few minutes later I called him back downstairs. I had told Natalie earlier in the evening that if she finished her dinner that we'd all go out for ice cream. So, we loaded up and went for ice cream. Noah didn't get any and he told Natalie, "I can't have any because I locked you guys out of the house."

When we got back from DQ, I asked him to clean up his toys. He asked if I would help him and I said "No. You guys can do it. They're your toys." He started crying and said, "Mom?"

"What, Noah?"

"You're always mean to me."

Okay - crush me now but your still cleaning up the toys and I'm still not helping you.

I hugged him big and explained to him that I wash his dishes, clean his clothes, cook him dinner, drive him to school and all I ask is that he clean up his toys. The explanation didn't really work because he said, "Well, you can help with the toys, too."

Big and fat

I was sitting down in the floor to change Natalie's diaper and Noah slid the lid to one of his toys under my butt without me realizing it. When I sat on it, he started laughing so I played along. I said, "Hey - what's that?!" It was all fun and games until he said:

"Isn't it funny to put the lid under something big and fat?!" and he started laughing with all his childhood innocence.

Yep - apparently he thinks my butt is big and fat and it's freakin' hilarious!!!

Go get dressed

Noah wants to watch TV. He's still in his pajamas so I told him he has to get dressed before he can turn the TV on. He said that he chooses to turn the TV on first and then get dressed. I told him "no" and he can choose whether to watch TV or not by whether he gets dressed or not. He replies, "When I get big, I'm gonna tell you that you can't watch TV until you get dressed!" My response, "Okay but I'm telling you now and you aren't big enough to tell me so go get dressed."