After the Girl cried and wailed and possibly gnashed teeth over her homework tonight (all of which left her mother completely unimpressed and very frustrated)…
Girl sat on my lap, facing me, sniffling, as I rubbed her back and took a few deep breaths. I could have sniffled, too, but it wouldn’t have helped things. Trust me, I’m saving it for later.
I leaned forward so that our foreheads were touching, and said, “We butt heads sometimes, huh?”
She grinned wide, giggled, and then whispered…
“Yeah, but Boy’s a bigger one.”
I’m still laughing.
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And that is why proper spelling makes a difference!
If you don’t butt heads once in a while, you’re probably not doing it right.
Jenn @ Juggling Lifes last blog post..Spouting Off
I’m laughing with you. That’s great levity, especially during homework drama.
I know it well.
Lisa Miltons last blog post..memory
A good laugh always helps homework battles 🙂
Lisa@verybusymomwith4s last blog post..Don’t Go There–A Verybusymomwith4 Lecture
That is TOO cute! Kids are so darn funny…
Tinas last blog post..Signals…
We have the homework drama going on as well… It often results in tears. On occasion even the eight year old cries.
This was a priceless moment.
Epijunkys last blog post..Grey’s Anatomy tonight…
LOL! That is too cute!
Autumns last blog post..Getting It
That is why there is always a bottle of red tucked away in the pantry… OH, and the oldest of mine did make it into a very good college up east and loves me dearly to say the least. Now, if we could just get the 10 year old to BEhave.
Snap!
Mrs. G.s last blog post..Knees
If you and your girl can laugh during homework woes, you’ve got something good going on there, Jennifer.
JCKs last blog post..A GIRL’s gotta have her jewels…
And I bet Boy knows how to use his bigger melon too.
Trooper Thorns last blog post..Can’t People Just Leave Madonna and A-Rod Alone?
It took me two reads, but I laughed once I got it!
melissas last blog post..Strange Discoveries
Love it! Sometimes I think as parents, we forget that kids occasionally just have bad days too, like we do, for no good reason. I’m trying to remember that today, and to not be a butt head myself!
I’ve got two buttheads that I’m always butting heads with over homework. I love this!
Sports Mamas last blog post..For Sparta!
*Almost* made up for the homework pain then, didn’t it?
Gwens last blog post..Feel Good Friday
Has there ever been a bigger waste of time and effort than *homework*? I hate how some families are practically held hostage by it, and it’s for… nothing, really.
Very quick daughter you have there. She don’t need no stinkin’ homework!
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Well at least your daughter is hilarious and not vaguely threatening, like mine, who just this morning while I lolled in bed told me darkly, “If I were you, I’d get up right now.”
She’s 4, and to be fair, it WAS 7:30AM, which is like midnight in preschooler years.
San Diego Mommas last blog post..Look Younger and Improve Your Suppleness Giveaway
Well she’s got a great sense of humor. That’s a wonderful quality she’s inheriting from you right there.
your kids kill me
I have no response to that!
Louises last blog post..The Esophagitis Diet
Humour is such a great tension-releaser. Your daughter has that gift. 🙂
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I am doing research for my college thesis, thanks for your helpful points, now I am acting on a sudden impulse.
– Laura