please don't report us to child welfare

"Sean, I can't remember what we argued about"

"when you hit me with the shovel?"

"no"

"when I hit you with the shovel?"

"no"

"when you hit me with the shovel and I cried and I hit you with the shovel and you cried and Mommy was angry and screamed?"

"yes, thanks!"

"okay"

Comments

[mama_tulip]

Dave took Julia shopping the other day and accidentally pinched her leg while trying to do up the car seat buckles. The entire time they were shopping Julia shouted, "Daddy! Remember when you PUNCHED ME?" from the cart.

[Tracey]

HILARIOUS! Amazing how they can reiterate every single tiny detail from an incident like this, isn't it?
When I lose my cool sometimes (OK, lot's of times) my daughter looks at me and winces, "Are you mean Mommy?". Talk about child services...

[Ninotchka]

lol - sounds like my house!

[booyahman]

"hitting with shovels" -- sounds serious, but it's more like tiny, plastic shovels kids use in sandboxes and beaches, right?

still, it's funny! conjures up images of Three Stooges' antics. =] what are brothers for!

[Chris]

Too cute!!

[athena]

do they speak french or english?

[Jenna]

This makes me reconsider having another child.

Shovels. Interesting. :)

[lia]

oh my, this reminds me of a video in which my 18month old son hit my daughter with a tonka truck and my husband passed by and merely said, "hey, no hitting people with trucks"...

that was 15 years ago and they have both miraculously grown into great people despite our frightening parenting skills...of course, they have evidence on us in home video footage...the funny thing is, we still joke about it to this day! all these moments are so sweet, even the ones where we cringe and look around ready to explain! xxoo hugs, Lia

[euphrosynely]

Hahahahaha :) Hilarious.

[wordgirl]

That sounds like a comedy routine.

[Charmaine]

LOL! Don't worry, Irene, I won't tell anyone.

[bella]

Blah! Ha. Ha. Ha. Loved this.

[Elaine]

Yep. Sounds about right!

[la vie en rose]

hmmmm...sounds vaguely familiar...

[melissa]

LOL So cute!

[phil]

i'm wondering what you could do possibly do with a shovel paris....aside from have the kids beat each other down with it, i mean....