So last night Melina threw a bowl of rice on the kitchen floor and the bowl broke. I said no, not a good thing to do. (I've been wondering how to get the message across lately when she does something "wrong." I don't want to be too forceful or too lax. She's a little young for things like time-outs, and I don't know if I believe they're the best thing anyway. It's hard.) I said I was very sad about the broken bowl, and looked despondent, at which point she started crying alligator tears.
Later, Jeff comes home and Melina tells him, "bowl broken." I said, "Yes, someone broke a bowl." I was curious how she would respond if I asked her who broke it. "Did mommy break the bowl? Did Mina break the bowl? Did daddy break the bowl? Did kitty break the bowl?"
Melina looked very uncomfortable and squirmed around a bit. Finally she said "Nora broke bowl!"
Nora, our old nanny's daughter who hasn't been around in weeks. I just burst out laughing. I can see I'm going to have my hands full!
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