Tuesday, March 8, 2011

the lies we tell our kids

Lies, we all do it, Big lies, little lies,we lie so we don't hurt someones feelings, or we lie to get out of doing something. Funny how we try to teach our children NEVER to lie, funny because we lie to our children to try to catch them in a lie. Now is it me, or does that just not make sense? Yes I am SO guilty of the lying game, and I'm not afraid to admit it.
Logan is famous for lying, " yes I brushed my teeth, No I didn't pee on the floor, etc. So thanks to Nani, we came up with a sure fire way of finding out if he did in fact lie. "Logan, if you are lying you are going to grow hair on your tongue." Now it didn't take long for this to actually work, as soon as I say "Let me see your tongue" he closes up his mouth so tight so i can't see any little fuzzy's growing, then he runs to the bathroom to double check. HA CAUGHT THAT LIE"
For some reason Little boys either choose NOT pee in the toilet, or they just can't seem to aim, Seriously? how can you NOT aim? Lately I'm finding myself cleaning and scrubbing the toilets and the areas around, GROSS, SMELLY and just plain wrong!. "Logan, did you know that there is a special device on the bathroom rug with an alarm that goes off in daddy's wallet when you pee on the floor"?
Even Morgan is guilty of the "little" lies. Lately she is coming home from school starving, of course she is to busy at lunch time to eat her lunch. So today I asked where is your lunch box, she yells "in my room" and runs to get it then she yells, " I ate half my sandwich" "well maybe if you would eat your lunch you would not come home so hungry." After a few minutes I finally say " Hurry up Morgan" "I'm coming she yells, Now I know what she is doing, because Mom's know EVERYTHING! later at dinner time, Joe asks Morgan " so how was your lunch today, Morgan looks at me with a surprised look on her face. Even Daddy's are in on this lying thing.... Joe said "Morgan, did you know that I was watching you through your window, and I saw you eating your lunch" Morgan's face was SHOCKED, as she started laughing uncontrollably. HA caught that lie too!

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