My little Jackson is getting fiesty in his old age. When he feels like he's losing control in a situation, he resorts to "disciplining" me! Yesterday was one of those days where we just couldn't see eye-to-eye, and he had a couple of humorous responses!
We went to lunch at Rumbi's with Aunt Joanna after school. Jackson wanted his own salad. I gave him the choice to share a salad with me or choose something off of the Kids Menu...
Jackson: "If you don't let me get my own salad, I'll go get a tattoo. A real one. I'll get hundreds of them."
(My great parental response was..."okay, go do it" while trying not to laugh.)
Jackson hit Aunt Joanna and earned himself a trip to time out. While in time out, he kept yelling...
Jackson: "If you don't let me out of here, I'm going to tell your mom."
Jackson wanted to do something (I can't remember what now) that wasn't safe. I told him that he couldn't do it.
Jackson: "Well, if you don't let me do it, I'll take your bike away."
Me: I don't have a bike.
Jackson: "Well, when you get one, I'll take it away."
Me: (once again, my great parenting skills shine through) "Okay, you do that when I get a new bike."
Why is it that every time we have days like this, I want to argue back with him?! He has been cracking us up lately with stories from school. Those I'll save for another post...
