For the most part, spending time with Parker in his safe room is all about doing things that the Brave Hero loves. Playing with his toys. Watching Signing Time. Reading. Reading some more.
Oh, and did I mention reading?
But every once in a great while Mom needs to accomplish something of her own while she is hanging out with her littlest guy.
And that is when the trouble begins.
To show his great displeasure (and how spoiled he is) Parker likes to throw things in an attempt to get my attention and thus try to convince me to play with him.
Which wouldn’t be so bad if his aim wasn’t so uncannily perfect and what he chose to throw wasn’t so hard.
Uh. Ouch!.
Consequences for throwing include having to pick up and put away the object thrown, followed by a time out on his naughty pillow.
Hey, the kid just had surgery on his tush. A naughty chair, bench or stool just wasn’t going to work.
But, if the time out on the naughty pillow doesn’t get the message across, then I have to pull out the big guns. A time out in the crib. To take a nap. Even if it isn’t nap time. Gasp!
And as you can see, this has an immediate effect on the naughtiness.
Don’t you think he looks totally repentant for what he has done?
Yeah. Me neither.
HE IS SO CUTE!!! I know, that doesnt help you when you are annoyed, lolol!!!!! My boys throw things too, loL! What is it with that? But I KNOW you are so happy he is throwing things. Because I know that any activity and normal behavior is a wonderful thing!! Your message in this post is beautiful Tammy. That is one thing I ALWAYS drill into my boys heads. I am so glad you put these things on here. The world would be a much better place if everyone realized this!!!!!
I have tears in my eyes again because of your comment on my blog! Thank you so much for letting me know! I went right over and told my friend. That is the best news and I am so glad it will help!
Love you,
Amy
Welp, honestly it just looks like he is giggling uncontrollably and actually clapping as if to say “Mommy, you are so hilarious! Stop even pretending to be upset with me, you know I”m so cute that you couldn’t possibly mind me throwing blocks at you!” hahaha, and I can’t argue with his thoughts
What a riot! I love that face! How could you punish a face like that?!!
Oh my goodness – I can just feel the laughter. How can you resist??
I had one of my kids that would sit in time out and giggle. Yeah. Parker is a cutie
I wanted to come over and say hi again (I first followed your story from after following you from MMW..) but now we have our own little Grace and we are part of the club.
I love your Parker stories. His face just screams mischief. I love the Naughty Pillow.
Grace has been REALLY healthy and strong so we have avoided many of the medical issues with her, but our two year old is very delayed and we have had lots of surgery/health stuff with her, so it is refreshing to read how you capture your story (and Parkers) with humor and grace and honesty.
Have a great week (and yay P!! Just stop throwing hard things…)
Love the picture. I bet with that cute little face he gets just about whatever he wants, and he’s kinda earned it.
LOL..nope not one bit! HE’s so dang cute!
He looks so sorry… NOT! What a little stinker.
Aww, so cute! He has such a great smile!
Bawahahahaha!!!!!!
He looks like an evil genius trying to take over the world with cuteness. “Mwahaha!” he says. “Soon they shall all be holding their crayons improperly and bringing me cookies!”
Well, “evil” is too strong of a word. “Mischievous” is much better. It won’t let me edit the comment, sorry!
Oh, too cute. It would be hard to resist playing with that cutie all day long! I would get nothing done!
Although, I have been here before, I saw this post on Adoptic and came over to catch up.