According to Brian I have broken some cardinal parenting rule by laughing, apparently you can’t punish a child if you laugh at what they did…

Mia was baking cookies this afternoon, when Jade decided she wanted a treat. Mia told her no, so Jade tried to work around that by sneaking one. Needless to say she was caught and sentenced to a nap. Of course being her beloved Papa, Jade immediately looked to me for help… I shook my head and took her from Mia. The only alteration I made to her punishment was to rock her to sleep for her nap, more for me then her; I love to hold her in my arms.

Brian was watching a Halloween show when Jade got up from her nap; When she asked what “tick or reating” was Brian was only to happy to explain it to her. Who knew that a 2 year old could grasp such things as that fact that she had asked for a treat and had not gotten one? Or that she understood the concept behind don’t shake the pop up? So here we are… Mia’s covered in cherry 7up, Jade’s favorite, I’m trying to control my laughter, Vince isn’t even trying he’s laying on the floor holding his gut, Jade’s hiding behind me and Brian is lecturing me about laughing at her bad behavior while trying to keep a straight face himself. He was pulling it off too. Right up until he asked Jade why she had done that and she gave him a big tooth filled grin and shouted “Tick or Reat!” Now it didn’t take rocket scientist to put two and two together and get cookies but it might take one to figure out how all of us laughing men are going to get back into Mia’s good graces…