I Must Be Doing Something Right

Because Parkle Girl came to me this evening just before bed and said,

"Emah, you put this (showing me) shirt out for me to wear tomorrow. I can't wear this shirt tomorrow."

Me, "Why not?"

Parkle Girl, "Because, you know." (she is just 3 after all)

Me, "Oh, you mean because you didn't clean up the duplos when I asked you to and that was your consequence?" She nods. "Well, after you cleaned up the duplos, you cleaned up that other mess that your big brother made, so is it OK if I let you wear the shirt?" (A little duck and cover)

Parkle Girl, "Yes. I really want to. (she pauses). You silly goose!"

All that was after she told on herself for not cleaning up the duplos in the first place.

Now... if I could just get her to stay in bed tonight. So far she's only appeared once, which is a vast improvement over the rest of the week.