Thursday, January 03, 2008

Elves on strike

We're back in Ottawa, house-bound by snow and freezing temps. We're bored. Henry's bugging me to play "Elves" with him (inspired by the movie Rudolph), but the house is a mess and I want to do some cleaning. Here's my attempt to harness his energy to my purposes:

"Okay Henry, I'll play Elves, but instead of building toys, let's be Elves that sweep the hall floor!"

[Pause]

"Mommy, let's play that THIS elf is on vacation."

Damn. He's finally big enough to be useful, but he's no longer gullible enough to be tricked into it.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

good stuff! Pretty soon Chris will teach him to say "What?" when you're talking about something he doesn't want to do....the answer is "What?" no matter how many times I repeat myself...I laugh at the "selective hearing" every time.