No its not a post about an incredibly long journey in the car, where one of the kids is asking the obvious. This was a table-turner, a game-changer if you will, where in one brief moment one of the kids knew what it was like to be the adult, and the response was so adult-like that I couldn't stop laughing.
A couple of months ago, L, (4) and R (7) were busy coloring at the kitchen table and were going back and forth with chit-chat. Now R has a very annoying habit of asking the same question over and over and over again. Basically, I think, the idea is to wear you down until she gets the answer she's looking for. The conversation went something like this...
R - Can I have the red crayon?
L - No, I'm using it
very serene and calm at this point...20 seconds later
R - Can I have the red crayon?
L - No, I'm using it
no fireworks yet, both heads are still down coloring....20 seconds later
R - Can I have the red crayon?
L - Nooo, I'm using it
mildly irritated, camels back bending but not breaking....20 seconds later
You basically get the picture, until the final straw breaks said camels back and camel is now extremely pissed off after what is probably the 7th or 8th time, but feels like the 100th...
R - Can I have the red crayon?
L - For God's sake R, I told you no already
S is helpless on the floor. The apple really does not fall far from the tree.
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