As most of you know, our 4th born turned 4 last Sunday.
It seems that since he is getting “bigger” he is coming up with more and more ways to get out of trouble.
The other day as I was buckling him into the car I noticed some trash on the floor by his seat.
I knew the trash was his, however I asked him why he had thrown his trash on the floor.
He looks at me and replies…”Corbyn (his older brother) did it, not me.”
I knew his older brother did not do it, especially since he had not been in that vehicle in a couple of days, and his seat is not in that part of the car!
On another occasion, we were getting into my husband’s vehicle. When I opened the door to his van I thought it stunk. I stated that the van smelled stinky, like someone had gone pee in it (they hadn’t and I was being over-dramatic about it, but it did have a musty type smell.) When my 4 year old heard me, he immediately said, “Corbyn peed in his seat!”
I’m not sure what he has against his older brother, but he sure is making him take the blame quite a bit these days.
So today it did not surprise me when he said this…
“Mom, I don’t know why Colton put marshmallow all over the tip of my drill bit.” (His Grandma just bought him a new mini drill for his birthday.)
Let me back up by saying this…
Just minutes before this all happened he had come to me and asked if he could eat a marshmallow. “I just want ONE marshmallow Mommy” he stated.
I told him he could eat a marshmallow.
A second later I hear the drill.
Just as I’m about to get up to see what is going on he comes to me and says…
“Mom, I don’t know why Colton put marshmallow all over the tip of my drill bit.”
I just had to shake my head.
BUSTED!
You can’t blame your little brother either buddy! Nice try!
Do your children do this?
all 5 of my kids have a way of doing something like this almost everyday. We nipped it in the bud recently though and offered anyone who came clean first, lesser of a punishment/discipline. Then if one was caught lying about someone else, that they had to make up for lying by doing the other ones chores for a day.
Our oldest is 10.5, and youngest is 3.5 and each of them has their own way of blaming someone else for everything. Whether it be trash in the van, toys left in the hallway/stairs, dishes left on the table, towels left on the floor, towels removed from the bathroom or anything/.. part of being a kid I guess 😀
the marshmallow drill bit is hilarious too by the way, VERY crafty 😀
Love that pic of the marshmallow on the drill! (Although I feel bad because it probably made a sticky mess!)
My kids are too old to do the “she did it game”. But man did they do it when they were younger!
My boyfriends kids however are still young enough to try. The other day I was asking out loud how some of my daughters stuff got onto the counter. I knew how it got there, it had been there for a few days and I had asked her to put it away twice already. So I was kinda just hinting loudly that she should come get it.
My boyfriends son who had just come with his siblings for the weekend and assumed I was talking to him, looked at me and said:
“Oh it must have been his sister since she’s always leaving stuff everywhere. ”
His dad called him on it, since they hadn’t been there and it wasn’t his sisters things, but still one of my favorite examples of them throwing each other under the bus!
Boy are sooo much fun aren’t they?!? My middle child is my first son and he will be two years old next month. Anytime he gets in trouble his response is either, “Jada!” or “Jada, did it!”. Jada is his 6yr old sister. He tries blaming things on her when she hasn’t been home in several days! Cute and funny right now, but not really looking forward to this for the next 17 years! And we also have a 5 month old son….