As I was feeding Gavin today, Carter started weaving a tale of epic proportions for a two year old. It all started with the toy he had in his hands – you put a plastic disc in the middle of it, pull on the trigger, and when you release it, the disc flies into the air. Carter suffered a scraped nose for the first weekend we had it and calls the disc inside it the “trigger.” Anyway, on to the story:
Carter: Oh no!
Me: What?!?!
C: Bad Guy (who later morph’d into Spider Man) took the trigger and threw it into the pond!
Me: Oh no!
C: Carter went swimming in the pond to get it.
Me: You did?
C: Yeah – Sharks are in the pond. (this later morphed to crocodiles when he retold it to Grandma)
Me: SHARKS?! What happened?!
C: Sharks bit Carters hand off.
Me: What?!
C: Carter got the trigger.
Me: What happened with the bad guy?
C: He made a bad decision. No throwing in the pond.
Me: Did he need a time out since we don’t throw things in the pond?
C: Yeah.
At least I know that he listens and understands the rules, even if he blatantly disregards them.
In the words of Grandpa, “I didn’t do it and I’ll never do it again”