Be Careful and Busted

I was doing the dishes tonight and Spencer was running back and forth across the kitchen. He took a pretty hard fall right in front of the fridge. I was expecting tears, so I tried not to let him know I saw (because we all know, if a kid thinks nobody sees them fall, they are magically OK). Instead of tears he said to himself, "Oh, I better be tareful." Cracks me up, because when I thought about it that's what I say to the boys, even before I ask if they are OK. "You boys have got to be more careful!!!" At least I know something has sunk in.

One hour later we were putting the boys to bed and I had to go back into Cam's room for something (he had been down maybe 5 minutes). When I opened the door I saw a flash of green light and very quick movement in his bed. Yup, he was playing with his Nintendo DS. I started laughing and said, "BUSTED" (in a non-threatening way I might add). Cameron burst into tears. Daddy came in and started laughing as well. Cameron cried harder and kept saying, "I got caught!!" We kept telling him that we weren't mad and his DS was not going on the fridge (the magical land where all toys go when little boys are bad). He just kept crying--such a sensitive kid (pansy).

We love our Careful and Busted Boys.