My five year old is so yummy. You just want to snatch him up and give him a big squeeze. He has an infectious laugh and a little dimple that is so cute when he smiles his little mischievous smile. Everything is a big adventure. And he's so kind to his little sister - a great big brother.
Matthew is full of fun and mischief, but he has his limits on what he will take.
The other day, Mommy was in the process of disciplining him and she was trying to get the order of events straight. "now when you said ..... she said... then you did this and she did that....then she said and you said... etc." You know how it goes. You are trying to get to the root problem of the conflict.
Finally Matthew was DONE with the inquisition - he had had his limit of "he said, she said, she did, he did, then what happened..." A little brain can only take so much.
"I've had enough of this foolishness," he exclaimed - and he walks off.
Mommy is sitting there in stunned silence. It took her a second to realize that the "foolishness" that he was referring to was HER inquisition.
When she finally got her wits back, she tracked him down and confronted him.
"Were you talking about what *I* was saying," she asks?
His standard defense mechanism kicks in -
"I do not want to tell you."
When he is confronted with his bad behavior, he never lies - he just pleads the 5th.
"I do not want to tell you."
No admission of guilt, no untruth to worry about covering up later. A totally clear conscience.
No wonder he sleeps so good at night.
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whoa, i would NEVER have said that to evelyn's face... that kid has guts. he may not live to see his adult life, but he will have lived with no fear! love that story....
My eldest is the same way. He won't lie. He sometimes omits the details that work against him. And his version of the 5th is, "I don't want to talk about it."
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