Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Let the day of "NO" commence

I'm home alone with Myles today (Happy Veterans Day). We've been awake and out of bed for about an hour. I've already said "no" about 3,966,240,563,127,595 times. And every time I do, he flashes me this grin...


He is currently banging the dogs' metal dog dish on the dining room chairs like a good little prisoner. If this is the last you hear from me in a while, send reinforcements.

6 comments:

Shinny said...

Oh I get that evil grin as well when I tell the girl "No". Then she looks over the shoulder and tries to touch or climb on whatever it is she was told no about but has to make sure you are watching. If you can ignore the cuteness she will actually leave it alone, most of the time. ;)

Jelly-Filled said...

Adorable! And wow, does he ever look like Sam did at that age! I hope the nay-saying isn't driving you too crazy.

marcia said...

Oh! It must be sooooo hard to discipline a little cutie with a smile like that!! :) Stand firm, Mama! :)

Unknown said...

Damn, he is CUTE!

kate said...

TOO cute! Yeah, you know, when the boys start attacking the (clean & folded) laundry and flinging it on the floor, and i run into the room screaming NONONONONONONONONONONO they just look at me and laugh laugh laugh. I figure i must look hilarious when i am tearing my hair out.

Julia said...

I am weeks behind, and trying to catch up. This one made me smile, and I wanted to tell you about it. I am still smiling, in fact. What a cutie, and with a fully functional boundary-pushing grin! What a completely lovely thing to see.

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