On Monday, we celebrated having the day off by taking a bike ride. We have one of those kiddie trailers attached to my bike, so the kids can ride along while we pedal. We rode out to a park, played in the park for a while, and then went to get some lunch.<\/p>\n
Lots of fun.<\/p>\n
On the way back, however, the kids were tired and a bit cranky. They kept elbowing each other and calling out \u201cMo-om!\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, N had had enough. The next time C leaned over to poke him, he held up one hand and said very sternly, \u201cNo. Time-out!\u201d<\/p>\n
C was so surprised that he stopped what he was doing and slumped back in his seat.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time they\u2019ve tried to put each other in time-out, but it was the only time that one of them had hit a tone commanding enough to stop the other in his tracks.<\/p>\n
Now I\u2019m waiting for\u00a0them to try it on me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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