Josiah (looking very sad): Mommy, you made me sad. You broke my heart.At this point I had to try very hard to hide my giggles. He seems to have the guilt trip thing down. When I refused to relent he resorted to threatening me with a ghost, vampire bats and a sheep dog. A sheep dog?! Where does he come up with this stuff?
Me: I did?
Josiah (drawing a heart in the air): Yes, my heart that is shaped like this. You broke it.
Me: How did I break your heart?
Josiah: You took my lightsaber away... (dramatic eyes, quivering lip)... If you give it back, my heart will be fixed.
Ellen: You can play with it tomorrow.
Josiah (on the verge of tears): If I have to wait until tomorrow my heart will be broken forever!
Friday, August 24, 2007
Breaking Josiah's Heart
Yesterday I took away Josiah's toy lightsaber. He was hitting things (including me) and when he refused to stop I took it away and put it on top of a high bookshelf. A few minutes later we had the following conversation:
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Ha! Too cute. Thanks for sharing. I find again and again that I have the hardest time disciplining the boys when I'm trying not to laugh. There's something strange in me that just thinks its funny when they misbehave. But then they pull out something like vengeful attack sheepdogs and I just have to leave the room.
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