So the Mother of the Gremlin (MOTG) has come to the realization that she's not an intimidating presence in our son's life. This is good and bad. When he's being bad he goes straight for her, however it does make issuing instructions in possibly perilous predicaments problematic (hehe, alliteration is fun!).
Various things have been tried to combat this, and the MOTG has found that she sounds significantly more serious when she orders the Gremlin in Spanish. For instance, when he persisted in grabbing the laundry right after it was folded, his mother said
"AJ! No mas! No mas, arrieta!" (AJ, No more! No more, immediately!)
The Gremlin paused at this and considered his answer carefully.
"No, momma, I'm not going to stop, I don't speak Spanish."
"Oh really? Then how did you know that I asked you to stop?"
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, momma, be quiet."
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4 weeks ago
your kid is the most awesome kid i know... seriously.
ReplyDeleteyou have no idea how excited ben and i get every time there are new posts about the shenanigans that he gets himself into :P
love it! hes such a smart kid!
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