Monday, May 28, 2007

the hitting game

a few years ago my mom told me a story about gavan when he was a little boy. gavan had hit my mom and in an attempt to stop the hitting she said, "oh? do you want to play the hitting game?" so, he hit her and then she hit him hard and he cried. he didn't like that game so much. fast forward to a few days ago....

lala was getting upset with something i was asking her to do so she hit me in the leg. thinking back to the story my mom told me i think "i can stop this" and i say, "oh? do you want to play the hitting game?" lala gets a big grin and says, "yea!" my hands were full so we played the "kicking game" instead. lala kicks me, so i kick her. she kicks me and i kick harder. she kicks me again, i kick harder still, apparently not hard enough. nothing is phasing her so i said, "lala, i think you just need to go to your room." and i walk away. lala starts crying and mitch asks her what is wrong. she wails, "i want to play the hitting game!!!"

that back fired!

5 comments:

Bridget said...

that's so great! I can just see imagine Lala doing that. don't you hate it when those strategies don't work!?

Malia said...

HAHAHA!!!! Thats sooo funny! Lala's a tough little girl I guess... and gavan was a little wimp... hehehe just kidding.

Teri said...

Too funny! - well at least from an outsider's point of view. :o) Thanks for giving me your blog address Mahina! This will be fun!!

Flyin' Hawaiian said...

555 ... i laughed out loud when i read this! i agree with malia (gavan must be a wimp)

mahina said...

mitch says that it is more that I am the wimp, not gavan!