Conflicted
Sometimes? I just have to throw my head back and laugh.
I was just giving my youngest a bath. At just over 2, she's already mastered the art of bait and switch, and is working on perfecting the time-honored fakeout of batting her eyelashes while looking innocent.
As I sat on the toilet and supervised, she splashed around in the water (against regulation #1: NO SPLASHING) and smiled sweetly at me. With an audible *pop* - I swear to you at that very moment, she had a little angel appear on one shoulder, and a little devil on the other. She said, "No splashing! Oh, no. I'm not splashing. I'm excited!"
I chimed in. "No splashing, please."
She smiled again, and went back to splashing. "This? Isn't splashing. This wimming. See? Wimming. Wimming. Wiiiiii-ming!" She threw herself belly first into the water and wiggled vigorously on the bottom of the tub.
Temporarily exhausted from all the wiggling and not splashing (or could it be the weight of her consious?) she lay with her chin propped up on her fists and looked at me out of the corner of her eye. She extended her tongue and began to lick the water.
Before I could get a word in edgewise, she said "Oh, no. Babies don't drink the bath water. Meow. I'm a cat. Meow. Cat so thirsty. Oh no, not a baby cat. No. Big girl cat."
I'm thinking the little devil is winning.
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Comments
LOL - I remember those days! But in our case with our five year old and her sassy attitidu lately, I think the devil HAS won! :)
Posted by: Helene | January 18, 2005 7:35 PM
Sly little toddler! That's too funny. :)
Posted by: mrsd | January 18, 2005 10:51 PM
Oh my god, that is one crazy meatloaf you've got there. What a weasel :)
Posted by: Lindsey | January 19, 2005 6:13 AM
I've enjoyed your blog. Thank you.
Posted by: Lakati Sapo | January 19, 2005 8:49 AM
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! I heart her.
Posted by: Mir | January 19, 2005 9:16 AM
Well, she's got you there, hasn't she?
Posted by: Beth | January 19, 2005 9:36 AM
I thought she was wimming.
Posted by: Lee | January 19, 2005 10:45 AM
Cunning little one you got there. Watch out! laller laller laller.
Posted by: Jazzy | January 19, 2005 2:55 PM
I think she is the long, lost siamese twin of my two year old daughter who has the same wimming routine in the tub too :)
I love the blog by the way!
Posted by: mrsrum | January 19, 2005 2:59 PM
Yeah, the 2 year old in the tub is always a wonderful time. I also have the rule of no splashing. However, Nemo's daddy, Marlin, often makes an appearance in our tub. He looks a lot like a scrawny naked 2 year old, I tell you. And he gets water all over the floor when he swims.
Posted by: Tammy | January 20, 2005 2:31 PM
Ouch! And that is only one of them.
Posted by: Blex | January 20, 2005 9:19 PM