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Today, about an hour before dinner, Leah wanted a snack. It would have been her third or fourth snack of the afternoon, actually. She she opened up the cupboard and was digging around finding all the items that had the highest sugar content. I closed the cupboard doors and told her it was almost dinner time, so no snack right now. I expected her to throw a fit, but to my surprise she didn't! How wonderful!

"Mommy! Go my woom!" she said. I thought she was all excited to read a story or play with some toys in her bedroom. So she drags me there by my pant leg, points to her bed and says, "Mama, sit* down! Sit down!" I was just about to ask what book she wanted to read and then she says, "Time owd mama, time owd."

Then, she closed the door and left.

I sat there with my mouth hanging open thinking, DID MY ALMOST-TWO-YEAR-OLD REALLY JUST GIVE ME A TIME OUT?!

A moment later she came back in. "Aw done time owd mama, aw done." And she grabbed my face and gave me a kiss! I guess I should be pleased that she understands what a time-out is, we weren't quite sure she was getting it!

*Though I have tried to write how Leah says her words phonetically in order to capture the cuteness, this word was not written how she says it, as the initial sound she currently uses is /sh/...."

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Jessica and Greg said…
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
October 28, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Anonymous said…
That is so funny! Seeing you all on Skype and then reading this makes me just smile and smile!
October 28, 2010 at 5:22 PM
ltroberts@att.net said…
so so so so so hysterical---you go leah---keep mommy and daddy in line!!!!
October 29, 2010 at 4:58 PM
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