“I hate you!” Ladybug announced and when I looked surprised by the outburst, she informed with me with a giggle: “It’s opposite day!”
Um-kay. Thanks for the advance warning. Opposite Day is one of her favorites, along with the ever-popular “Let’s Switch.” It’s much like Opposite Day, except it’s a specific kind of opposite: I’m the kid and she’s the mom. We did this one at the mall recently. And it came in the nick of time since, as the mom, I was about to banish her to a corner of the store in an extended version of time-out. In retrospect, she wasn’t really being that much of a pain, I just wasn’t being very tolerant. She IS getting close to 7, but still gets fidgety if I do too much clothes shopping. Unless, of course, we play a game.
So recently, while I searched fruitlessly for a new outfit, she suggested a game of Let’s Switch. I agreed, in hopes I could manipulate the situation to my advantage and look in at least one more store for that elusive outfit. She hurried me along to the next store and tsk-ed me when I dawdled (point taken). In a fit of empathy, she did, however, offer to buy me a new outfit for “school”. She even helped me pick out some (purple and red) clothes. When I went to try them on, she made very serious faces and shook her head no when they didn’t look right. And they really didn’t. But I was able to sneak in a few items that I really did want to try on (which had me somberly mouthing “no” to my reflection in the mirror.)
Then, in a move that had me laughing uproariously — on the inside — she asked very earnestly in a stage whisper: “Are you gonna make me drive the car home?”
Hee hee! So cute!
You should have told her that if she didn’t, you would hold your breath until you turn blue.
=P
Good idea, Summer! I should try that one next time. After she asked if she’d have to drive, I told her not to worry about it, but we COULD pretend I was a teenager who had to drive with a parent in the car. She directed me the whole way home. “Go RIGHT! RIGHT!!!” It was pretty funny, since most of the time I needed to go left. She has my sense of direction. Great.
-Shannon