So, Miss Ellie learned how to LIE this week!
She scratched our flat screen TV and when Daddy approached her, the following conversation ensued:
Jake: Eleanor, some little girl scratched our TV. Do you know who did that?
Ellie (shaking her head): No, Daddy.
Jake: Ellie, was it YOU?
Ellie: No.
Jake: Who did it then?
Ellie (pointing at her sister): Roxy.
Jake: No, it wasn't Roxy. We know you scratched the TV. Did you scratch the TV?
Ellie (not budging): No.
Jake: Who was it then?
Ellie (thinking for a minute, then raising her hands in the air and cocking her head to the side with a smile on her face):
Somebody else!
We had a big talk about telling the truth and choosing the right. I thought it had sunk in until we were driving down the road and I heard Eleanor talking to herself.
Ellie: I choose the right.....or....... I choose the left!
I had to stifle my laughter.
I guess that's what we get for having an abstract talk with a 2 year-old.
Hopefully her conscience will kick in before she starts shoplifting booze and stealing car stereos.
A completely unrelated, but equally hilarious, face-painting mishap. This is what happens when a semi-professional clown uses exorbanant amounts of face paint. It took 50 cotton balls, a jar of cold cream, half a bottle of makeup remover, massive amounts of water, several paper towels and 30 minutes of chasing a toddler before we could recognize Sweet Ellie again.Above picture was about halfway through the removal process.
2 comments:
DOn't you just love 2 year olds! They are so much fun. I love that when Jake told her you knew it was her who scratched the TV she still denied it! Too funny.
I love love love her!! Sorry about the tv, but how can you get to mad!
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