No Hitting. Whatsoever.
I realize of late I do little more than report conversations to you. But it's been rich around here lately. I overheard the following conversation between the man of the house (that's JM) and the wee Master Elias after he (Eli) was caught hitting Lena:
JM: (shocked and disappointed) "Eli! No! That is NOT nice. Come here to me. No! What are you doing, Eli?"
Eli: defensive mumbling...
JM: "Eli, we do NOT hit! That could hurt someone. Do you know that can hurt?"
Eli: "Yeah..."
JM: "Do NOT do that again. We do not hit ANYONE. No hitting. Whatsoever. If you do that again, you're going to get a SPANKING."
(Big fat pregnant pause...)
I wasn't in the room to see his face, but I could hear JM catch himself and wrinkle up his forehead to beat the band all the way down the hall and into the other room. I was laughing too hard to hear exactly what he said next, but it was something like a fast-forward version of "Uhhh. But we don't want to give spankings around here cuz that's hitting and we don't hit. Ok. So run along now. Go be a good boy..."
That's my husband. The father of my children. AWESOME.
JM: (shocked and disappointed) "Eli! No! That is NOT nice. Come here to me. No! What are you doing, Eli?"
Eli: defensive mumbling...
JM: "Eli, we do NOT hit! That could hurt someone. Do you know that can hurt?"
Eli: "Yeah..."
JM: "Do NOT do that again. We do not hit ANYONE. No hitting. Whatsoever. If you do that again, you're going to get a SPANKING."
I wasn't in the room to see his face, but I could hear JM catch himself and wrinkle up his forehead to beat the band all the way down the hall and into the other room. I was laughing too hard to hear exactly what he said next, but it was something like a fast-forward version of "Uhhh. But we don't want to give spankings around here cuz that's hitting and we don't hit. Ok. So run along now. Go be a good boy..."
That's my husband. The father of my children. AWESOME.
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