Sunday night at dinner, Al asked if we could get a goat.
A GOAT?
“Ummm, why do you want a goat?” I asked.
“Because they are cute!” she replied.
“Probably not?” I responded.
“But Why?” she asked.
Oh boy, how I hate these conversations, because if she understood the why’s she would not be asking me for a goat to begin with. Besides that I was tired and I really didn’t want to have the conversation, “Why we should not get a goat.” So tired and not in the mood to argue I said, “Tell you what if you can go the entire summer without fighting with anyone then we will get a goat.”
“Really, I can get my very own goat if I don’t fight with anyone all summer.”
“Yup.”
In my mind, I was thinking it is not ever going to happen. Seriously, I don’t even remember the last time we made it 6 hours without someone fighting with someone. The whole summer! No goat for us and no long conversation. It was a total win, win conversation.
Then A. popped in. “I don’t want a goat I want an Xbox 360.”
It was at this time I was feeling cocky. “Sure, I replied you go the whole summer not fighting with anyone and you can get an Xbox, and you can get a goat.”
In my head, I was laughing hysterically. BECAUSE they would not even make it 24 hours.
I was feeling all kinds of smart. Almost like, I could write a book. “How Not to Argue with your Kids.” A few hours later A. came to me and said, “Mom, three months is a long time what if I trade one month of not arguing for one month of cleaning the kitchen.”
“Let me get this straight you’re going to clean the kitchen everyday for a month and not fight for two months for an X-box.”
“Yah.”
“Okay,” I said. Because it is not ever going to happen.
Except now we are two days into this little deal, there has been NO fighting, and my kitchen is clean. I am feeling like maybe I should not have been so cocky.
Anyone know where I can buy a goat?
A GOAT?
“Ummm, why do you want a goat?” I asked.
“Because they are cute!” she replied.
“Probably not?” I responded.
“But Why?” she asked.
Oh boy, how I hate these conversations, because if she understood the why’s she would not be asking me for a goat to begin with. Besides that I was tired and I really didn’t want to have the conversation, “Why we should not get a goat.” So tired and not in the mood to argue I said, “Tell you what if you can go the entire summer without fighting with anyone then we will get a goat.”
“Really, I can get my very own goat if I don’t fight with anyone all summer.”
“Yup.”
In my mind, I was thinking it is not ever going to happen. Seriously, I don’t even remember the last time we made it 6 hours without someone fighting with someone. The whole summer! No goat for us and no long conversation. It was a total win, win conversation.
Then A. popped in. “I don’t want a goat I want an Xbox 360.”
It was at this time I was feeling cocky. “Sure, I replied you go the whole summer not fighting with anyone and you can get an Xbox, and you can get a goat.”
In my head, I was laughing hysterically. BECAUSE they would not even make it 24 hours.
I was feeling all kinds of smart. Almost like, I could write a book. “How Not to Argue with your Kids.” A few hours later A. came to me and said, “Mom, three months is a long time what if I trade one month of not arguing for one month of cleaning the kitchen.”
“Let me get this straight you’re going to clean the kitchen everyday for a month and not fight for two months for an X-box.”
“Yah.”
“Okay,” I said. Because it is not ever going to happen.
Except now we are two days into this little deal, there has been NO fighting, and my kitchen is clean. I am feeling like maybe I should not have been so cocky.
Anyone know where I can buy a goat?
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