Before I post the wonderful details of our experiences at the Temple last Saturday{that will be in my NEXT post so this won't be forever long}, I'm going to preface it with a story. A story of wit, cunning, attempted trickery and a little girl too smart for her own good...
So, last week I realized that the girls have to have white earrings in {and since we just pierced them a few months ago, they HAVE to have them in}, problem: Madi has sensitive ears {courtesy of her mom, sorry about that babe!} and thus, her ears hurt when we change her earrings. In fact, she hasn't let me change them for over a month! {Yes, my little girl was the one wearing pink earrings with her Christmas dress. No one else cared but me, I know, I know.} I thought about this problem and, I thought, came up with a very smart solution. I hid Madi's earrings in my pocket, brought a hand mirror and sat next to Madi while she was coloring. The scene played out like this:
Tiffany: "Hey Madi, do you know where we're going this weekend?"
Madi: "The Temple!"
Tiffany: "That's right! And did you know that the Temple is SO special that when we're inside, everyone wears white. All the dresses are white, the shoes are white, even the BOYS dress in white!"
Madi: "Wow! That's cool, Mom! But what about my hair? Does it have to be white?"
Tiffany: "No, you can just wear a white flower, ok?"
Madi: "Oh, ok." She thinks for a second and then gasps. "Mom! What about my earrings?!" I was TOTALLY amazed that she actually thought of that by herself! So, now I'm thinking this is going to work, the spirit is on my side, right?... Wait and see for yourself.
Tiffany: "Heavenly Father wants them to be white too. Here, look in this mirror and tell me what color your earrings are." She looks at one, then the other.
Madi: "Mom, they're pink."
Tiffany: "Do you think Heavenly Father would want you to wear pink earrings in the Temple?"
Madi: "No, I don't think he would." I pull out Madi's earrings and ask her to pick out the white pair, which she does.
Tiffany: "So, Madison, what do you think we should do? Should we change your earrings for Heavenly Father?" Oh, I just knew I had this one in the bag!
Madi: Thinks for a bit, then says "Hmmmmmmm. I think.......................................................... I don't want to go to the Temple."
I KNOW, RIGHT?! Where does this kid COME from? So, I'm trying to not bust up laughing, and grasping at anything I can trying to still come back and win this debate.
Tiffany: "Well, Madi... it's really exciting that we get to go to the Temple. We'll get to have Sister Sue sealed to our family so she can be ours forever! And only really nice people get to go in the Temple. Mommies and Daddies who go to church and pay their tithing, and at very SPECIAL times very good little boys and girls get to go in with their Mommy's and Daddy's. Aren't you excited to get to go in the Temple?"
Madi: She thinks for a bit again then, "Mom, I was mean to Bear {our dog}. I hit him and told him 'No bark' so they won't let me in. Sorry."
Tiffany: "Oh, Madi! Heavenly Father will forgive you, so it's ok. You can still go."
Madi: "He doesn't care if I'm mean to Bear?" I tell her no and try to steer the conversation in a new direction... Bribery.
Tiffany: "Ok, Madison. If you'll let me change your earrings, we'll go to the store and you can pick out ANY toy you want. You can get a toy {"Mom, I have lots of toys."}, or a new puzzle {"Mom, I have lots of puzzles."}, or a new book {"Mom, I have lots of books."}! You could get anyting you want! {"Mom, I have lots of stuff, I don't need anything else, but thanks."}
WHOSE KID IS THIS?!?! She's definately not MY child! Oh, wait. She's CLINT'S offspring... that explains it. {He was SO proud when I got to this point in the story}
Tiffany: "Alright, Madi. You have 3 choices. You can either let me change your earrings right now and get a prize at the store. OR I will sit on you and change them anyway. OR I will sneak into your room tonight when you are sleeping and change them while you sleep!"
Madi: Contemplates her options, carefully weighs the pros and cons then decides: "I think you better change them when I'm sleeping tonight Mom."
So that's what I did.
If this is what I am faced with when she's 3 1/2, what ON EARTH will she be like when she's 13? That is one ridiculously smart girl, and I am in trouble!
10 comments:
Oh my gosh that is the funniest story ever! What a little stinker! A very cute one though.
Ha! That's hilarious! You didn't tell me that story in the zillion times we talked on the phone, but it was sure great reading it! :) So, she let you take out the pink ones whild she was awake? Did she even move when you put the white ones in? Well, at least now you know how to change her earrings! Ha, ha, I'm still laughing. She is so Clint's daughter. I mean what kid wouldn't want a new toy? :) Clint must be so proud!
Oh my heck! That is too funny! What a cute little girl.
That was the best story. She is way to smart!!! Good luck with the teens.
Hilarious! Good luck with that 13 thing.
OH my Gosh!! That is hilarious! Oh Tiffany, you are going to have fun with her when she's 13-starting right now!
Yeah, I thought she was pretty funny! No, I didn't take her earrings out then, she wouldn't {and still won't!} let me touch her ears. I had to start and finish the attack while she was sleeping. And the poor thing {even dead asleep} was swatting at my hand and mumbling "ouch!". I felt bad but was glad to have it done and now we can leave in the white ones until she's ready to LET me change them!!
she is too cute and spunky... i love when kids say funny stuff!
That is so funny! You sure have your work cut out for you.
I was reading this at work and I just about died laughing! My co-workers had no idea why I was laughing and they thought i was laughing at them. Your daughter is quite an intellegent girl!
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