On Friday, I got my first “Well, I don’t like you!” from Alex. I had asked him to put away the clean silverware from the dishwasher. He didn’t want to do it, and I gently insisted that he needed to do his chore. I replied, “I’m sorry to hear that, but I want you to know that I still love you.”
This morning, Alex was playing on his LeapPad. I set the timer, and I told he must put away the LeapPad when the timer beeped. He was less than thrilled when the timer went off, and he tried to ignore it. I reminded him that he needed to shut off his toy now.
He looked at me and said, “Then I’m running away from this house!”
I replied, “I’m sorry to hear that. I’m going to miss you! Where will you go?”
He said, “I’m going to Grandma and Papa’s house.”
I said, “Oh, so you’ll be nice and close! May I come visit you there once in a while?”
Alex said, “NO! I will NOT let you come visit me!”
I asked him, “It’s very cold outside today. Do you realize that it’s going to be a long, cold walk to Grandma & Papa’s house?”
He stood there for a minute, and then he said, “Uh, do you think you could drive me there?”
I’m not okay with sassy talk, and we don’t put up with it. I did, however, have to really hold back a smile when we had this little conversation this morning. How sweet that my 4 year old wants his mommy to help him run away from home :)