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Oh, the Things They'll Do
So, since Olivia and I are both on vacation, she gets late nights, which in our house equals 9 pm. I go upstairs about 20 minutes ago to remind her of this, and I notice a... fruity... smell.
Me: "Olivia? Why do I smell perfume?"
Olivia: "I don't know! I don't know!!!"
Suddenly, I'm in 'stern parent' mode. "What did you do?"
"I didn't MEAN to wash Butterscotch!* It happened by accident!"
So I feel the robot critter's mane, and, sure enough, feels like someone opened a whole bottle of shampoo on it.
Me: "Olivia!!"
Olivia: *lots of theatrical sobs, tears, and various pleas for mercy*
Me: "Olivia! You knew better than this!"
"Yes" *sob*... *sob* "daddy... I did!!!"
"So how long should you be grounded for this?"
"A..." *sob* ... *sob*... "thousand years!!!"
"I can't ground you for a thousand years. I'll be dead before then. How long?"
"A..." *snort* ... *sob* ... "day?"
"Ok, you're grounded for a day then."
Olivia, in a 'holy crap I had no idea he'd say yes to that' tone: "NOOO!!!!!"
Ellen was having a private moment in the bathroom while all this was going on, which meant I only got snarled at three times while I was trying to explain it all.
The thing is, Olivia being grounded for a whole day, a day which is predicted for ice storms, is not exactly a walk in the park for daddy.
Ah, well...
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* Her robotic pony. Damned thing is as big as our coffee table, and very, very furry.
Wow dad a whole day you are a tyrant! Our eldest was grounded for the last nine weeks.
Posted by: rick on December 30, 2009 09:26 PMGrounded! This is absurd. She was cleaning her pony. Just let her know that the next time she wants to clean something she should ask first. At least she likes to clean.
Posted by: Grammy on December 31, 2009 03:31 AMShe grounded herself! I wouldn't of grounded her.. I found the whole pony washing funny. I couldn't stop laughing cleaning it up.
Posted by: ellen on December 31, 2009 10:07 AMI think Scott asked her how long she should be grounded so Olivia did not ground herself she just told him how long.
Posted by: Grammy on December 31, 2009 11:11 AM