Monday, December 13, 2010

naughty or nice


carter smith
age: 23 months
presents or coal?
naughty: screaming and kicking EVERY SINGLE time his diaper is changed
nice: delivering dirty nappies to the proper waste receptical (saving his mother a trip)
naughty: escaping from the house, wandering down the street, and then running from his mother during her rescue attempt (this was done while mother was 9 months pregnant and barefoot... and of course, there were spectators)
nice: kneeling and folding his arms when it's time to say prayers
naughty: trying to sit on baby max while max is eating, because HE wants to be on his mother's lap
nice: willing to give max hugs and kisses
naughty: throwing food on the floor (this is often followed by him pointing and shaking his finger at the mess while saying 'no,no,no')
nice: running to get a towel after a spill and singing "clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere" while he wipes up the mess. he also gets the broom to clean up crums (which then becomes a bigger mess as he scatters it around in his attempt to "kee, up". it's the thought that counts)
naughty: yelling "no", "mine", and "let go" at his mother
nice: saying "please moma" when he wants something (we'll count this as nice even though the tone used is often identical to that of "no", "mine", and "let go" :)
naughty or nice?
it's going to be a close call this year :)

3 comments:

Andy and Michele said...

Love it! I can relate to pretty much all of that. But oh, he is just tooo cute to be naughty!!

Erin-lou said...

Nice is a relative term.

Clint and Tiffany said...

Madi got hooked on the song, "I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas" and has been singing it for about a week. It was actually really funny to hear her say she's been nuttin' but bad! Ha ha. Then yesterday she changed the words on me... "I cleaned the tack on teacher's chair, somebody didn't snitch on me! So, I'm gettin' somethin' for Christmas, cuz I ain't been nuttin' but good!" LOVE IT!! I think you gotta take it one minute at a time, maybe by the first 10 minutes of the day! After that, pretend Santa isn't looking! :O)