Monday, October 30, 2006

Time Out for Mommy

I've been put in Time Out by my daughter twice since this past weekend.

Incident #1:

Me: Athena! Stop waving that battle-axe around! You are going to kill someone! Perhaps even me!

Athena: No, Mommy! *still waving the damn thing around*

Me: ATHENA!!!

Athena: Noooooooooooooooo! Nooooooooooo! No, Mommy!

Me: I'm going to take it away from you.

Athena: Mommy! I want you to look at me! No look at Marcus! Look at me!

Me: *blink*

Athena: Mommy, now you go into Time Out now. *pointing to chair* Okay?

Me: *blink*

I think she diffused that situation quite well, don't you?

Incident #2:

Athena: *splash, splash, splashing in the tub*

Me: Athena stop!

Athena: *tossing wet washcloth against the wall across the bathroom*

Me: ATHENA!

Athena: Mommy Time Out now.

Me: *blink*

See, the thing is... we have only put her in Time Out once. And that was weeks ago. Methinks she gets many a Time Out at daycare.

In the meantime, I'm going to have to be on my best behavior. She's cracking down on me.

5 comments:

Jessica said...

Oh, that is too funny!

My little angel toddler has a nasty habit of interrupting her father and I when we are trying to have a conversation:

"Mommy? What are you doing mommy? Mommy? What are you doing mommy? Mommy! You need to answer to me mommy!!!"

katy said...

Man! Two-year-olds are crazy bossy, aren't they?

eaf said...

Crazy bossy is a total understatement. She is basically a walking nuclear bomb that can go off again and again at any moment without provocation.

Bern said...

Mommy has to be a good girl then :)

Jessica said...

Crazy. Bossy. Crazy again. Yes. All true.