So things wouldn't get out of hand, I picked him up and took him to the car where I buckled him into a car seat. I closed the door and walked away so he could scream it out and I could calm down.
After a few minutes, I went back to the garage and climbed into the driver's side so I could turn around and look at him.
We both just kind of looked at each other for a while and I finally started in on my sad speech about how I didn't know what to do with him, how to help him be happy, to listen and obey, be nice to his siblings, etc. etc.
He just sat there with wide eyes and tear streaked cheeks, quietly listening to my speech.
Finally he interrupted me.
Holding up his hand in a manner common for people who are trying to get their point across, and shaking it back and forth, he said the following in about two very solemn breaths:
"Mom. If you wiw not be wude to me, I wiw not be wude to you. That's the deal."
*brief pause*
"If I wiw give you my heart, then you wiw gwow to be this tall (he holds up his hand to a height about the top of his head) a hundwed times tall. Yea, a hundwed times tall. Then you can fight all the bad guys. Betause bad guys are weal, huh mom. And then I wiw fight the bad guys like *POW* and then I will win."
*brief pause*
"Okay, I am happy now. Deal?" He thrusts out his hand toward me "Deal?"
After fighting back my big smile, I solemnly shook his hand and said, "Deal."
30 super cool people speak:
How can you not melt with that?
Aww. I agree with Kristina.
I am a puddle over here.
So sweet.
Your little boy is a keeper for sure.
He is gonna make one woman VERY happy someday.
Made me cry. What a sap I am.
=)
PS. But that is just MAJORly cute...and touching!
LOL....the things they come up with. Sometime we wonder why we can get upset with these cute little monsters...I mean children.
Just remember...when you think they are asleep, TIS not so. They are RECHARGING.
Deal?
It is my policy to never negotiate with terrorists!
I think that sounds like a pretty good deal.
And, if it makes you feel any better, my almost-4 year old is the most difficult child on earth. I do not know how to deal with her sometimes. i love your time out in the garage tactic.
And that is what it is all about... just making a deal.
Good for you for finding a way to help you AND him.
That is an excellent deal.
Oh, that is just too sweet.
And putting them in another room when you are at the end of your rope is very smart. I tend to go in my bedroom, lock the door, then go in the master bathroom and lock that door, too. I don't come out until I have stopped raving inside my head and I am breathing normally again. :)
sounds like a good deal to me.
That is why I read this blog.
oh my heck that is adorable.
Seriously? THAT is one of the only things I miss about little ones...makes all the drudgery melt into the distance.
I'm so glad the bad guy issue has been resolved.
It is not possible to fight with that many w's. How sweet. That made me melt. :)
So darling! You're doing a great job ya know!
Oh, that is so sweet. Don't you just love children, it makes you realize what Christ was talking about.
If that's not the most adorable thing ever, I don't know what is!!
Sounds like lesson learned to me.
Serene, you are amazing! Don't you ever forget it! I promise that they grow up better than you ever thought possible! He sounds like he will be great in business and negotiation!
Good Mom!!!
Do you think would work on teenagers? I have 4 of them. :-)
I can't ever read you blog and keep a straight face.
Smart move Serene.
He is smart too, and we now know for sure he got that from you.
We look at our children...as young inexperienced little people...yet..."out of the mouths of babes"... can be some of the most profound words of "wisdom"...We can learn MUCH from our "little ones"...I think you made a wise "deal"...
sounds like a good deal :)
Great deal. Although if your not 100 times taller when I see you next, I'll know he didn't hold up his end of the deal.
I got a little choked up. Smart wituw guy!
LOL. This was great. Sounds like a good deal to me.
It's amazing all that thinking that goes on in those little heads! So cute!
OMG, cutest thing I've heard or read in a way long time. Love it.
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