Work At Home Musings

My 4 year old son has already learned the trick of asking one parent and then the other to get what he wants. He will ask me for something and if I say no he will go to his Dad and say “Mommy said yes.” Of course, he hasn’t learned not to ask his Dad when I am not around so he realizes this doesn’t work.

Being the smart kid that he is, he came up with a second solution. The other day we were in the store and he wanted to buy a dinosaur. I said no. Here is our conversation:

Noah - “Can I have a dinosaur?”
Mom - “No.”
Noah - “Mom, you are not listening to God.”
Mom - “WHAT?”
Noah - “You are not listening to God. God said I could buy a dinosaur.”
Mom - “When did you talk to God?”
Noah - “He told me I could buy a dinosaur and you need to listen to God.”

It is very hard to argue with that! But he still didn’t get the dinosaur!