I had to pick Ryan up early yesterday, as she had a fever. There's some sort of crud going around her school right now and she caught it. When we got home, I gave her an ice cream cone, thinking it would help her throat a bit. It did but as the afternoon wore on, she felt progressively worse and by early evening she was crying and miserable. Though I try to avoid meds if possible, I cracked open the kiddie Motrin and once it kicked in, she felt better... a lot better (clearly). When I came into the room later, I found her sitting innocently in the chair, buried under a blanket, her face... well... see above. When I asked her if she'd had another ice cream cone (without permission), I could see the wheels turning... 'Do I lie or tell the truth? How much trouble will I get in?' I said, "Ry, I suggest you think long and hard before you answer..." Finally she admitted to sneaking into the freezer. Whew. I hate it when she lies. When I told her to go look in the mirror, she said, "Wow. I guess it's a good thing I told the truth, huh?" She has always had a knack for stating the obvious, that girl of mine.
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Too funny... I love it when the kids think they are "getting away with it". It's funny because I can always tell (as I'm sure you can too) when they are fibbing; by their facial expressions and how they won't look at me... :)
Ice cream = cure-all. You can't blame her for that. She just wants to get better.
Shhh Diane! You aren't supposed to tell them how we 'know' what we know. Mine still believe I have super powers that can see into their heads.
Jane! She doesn't know all my secrets. When she was little, she was sneaking out of her room... she hadn't made a sound but though I had my back to her, she didn't know I could see her in the glass fireplace screen... without turning around, I hollered at her to get back to bed. To this day, she thinks I have eyes in the back of my head ;)
If I tell you I have a fever will you send me some ice cream?
She is so cute Diane!
Despite you not having much to talk about today, this post is great! I love the picture.
I hope Ryan gets better soon, give her a big hug.;)
To be such a smart girl... Well, she's a lot like her godmother, I'll just say that. I was on the phone with you when she was sneaking out of her room that night. I forgot about that!
Very, very cute. One day, when I feel like blogging about it- you can read all about one of my dumbest "got caught" moments in high school. It makes a great story... far too much to leave in a comment.
Let's just say, I learned the hard way that Mama's always have a way of finding out the truth.
That is tooooo funny! Do they really think that they can get away with this stuff?
LOL I love the picture! I hate it when my kids (kind of only ONE kid but that's a whole story1) lie too UGH!
I like your response to Jane! - my kids also think I have mysterious powers...they haven't figured out that I can see the entire kitchen in the microwave door when my back is to them haha ;)
Ice cream? Ice cream? What ice cram?
Very good thing she told the truth. Glad she's feeling better, too!
I heart Ryan. She's a smart girl and good thinker too. But how does one eat ice cream like that? I want a chocolate cone too!
Glad she feels so much better!
It must have been priceless when she looked into the mirror!
thanks for the laugh! I definitely needed it.
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haha funny. Glad she told the truth.
This post is hilarious! Clearly, you should be a detective:) Ha-Ha!
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