Thursday, March 12, 2009

Self-Permitted

I was washing dishes the other day and Ali headed towards my office. Since there is a ton of stuff to "get into" in there, I called after her to stay in the kitchen until I got finished.

She stopped for a minute, then kept walking, and I heard her tell herself, "You can go into Mommy's office, if you like."

I called her back and said, "Ali, what did MOMMY tell you to do?"

She looked confused, but obeyed.

I guess you have to learn sometime that just getting "any" permission (such as permission from oneself) doesn't cut it.

1 comment:

Gina said...

That's funny, but at the same time it makes me think she's going to start doing what she wants instead of what you want. Hopefully that won't happen again.