No, we don’t have a dog. As you may remember, we don’t “do” pets very well. But that didn’t stop Emma from taking her dog on a walk. 
Emma found this rope in her Daddy’s shop a few weeks ago. I took it away from her because she kept tying chairs to couches, and garbage cans to barstools. It was quite cumbersome and extremely ANNOYING, so I confiscated it. I put the rope on top of our refrigerator, a.k.a. Toy Purgatory (I should take a picture of it for you one day. It’s absolutely RIDICULOUS the amount of stuff that is up there.)
A few days ago Emma begged me for the rope and said, “I pwomise Momma, I will not tie up nuffin’. I pwomise! Pwease, Momma PWEASE can I hab my rope back?”
I caved. She’s cute. I was powerless. I have no defense.
Approximately 3 minutes later I heard Sadie panting and barking and Emma yelling, “GOOD DOG!”
As they walked through my office I cocked an eyebrow at Emma.
“Welllllllll, Momma. Her wikes it. And I didn’t TIE huh up, I just wapped it awound huh a bunch of times….”
Touche. And Sadie did wike it.
What toys do you routinely have to take away from your kiddos?
The Wii (only cuz they fight so much over it), stuffed animals, cars…pretty much every toy! ha ha. Yeah, my daughter has a horrible habit of tying belts, shoelaces, or ties around poles, or using it to walk her stuffed dog. It's crazy and drives me insane! But I guess we gotta love those little moments. I don't really wike it…but they come and go, right?
Light Sabers, balls that are thrown in the house, heliocoptors flown in the house, glof clubs swun in the house, a snare drum, a flute, a hammer, permanent markers…
This reminds me of when Isabella used to play fetch with Joey…..Joey was 2 and still crawling and he'd fetch…it was funny and sad at the same time.
@Michelle TRUE DAT! Sometimes I feel like my house is a toyland war zone. I went totally ballistic on my kids Legos one day. I stepped on one barefoot for the bajillionth time and I went NUTSO throwing them away. My kids were skeered.
@Rebecca, agreed. What's mostly sad is that I sometimes throw something across the room and try to get my 4-year-old to pretend to be a dog and fetch, just to get her to stop climbing on me.
Too cute! My boys are so much older, we haven't taken away anything in years. But since there is a huge dent on the roof of the car my teen drives, we may have to take THAT toy away! Waiting for him to wake up today and tell us the story.
Karen!!! Is it bad that your comment made me simultaneously LOL and almost poop my pants out of fear of what is to come???? I'm gonna need an update on the story you get from your son!!!
The top of my refrigerator is also toy purgatory. I had to declutter it just so the toys could sit there safely.
Let's see we take away the wii (not that the kids play so much, but my son tries to force me to play), leapster explorers, tv, hmm – you name it, it's all game to be taken away. Usually from my son. My oldest daughter is much more artsy, so I've had to consider taking away pencils, paper, and art supplies from her. ??
To answer the question on my blog……Flat Stanley is the kid in a book that a big painting hanging above his bed falls on……the kid is flattened and instead of being sad that he is now flat, he is excited because people can put him in an envelope and mail him all over the world.
Here is link to the book
http://www.amazon.com/Flat-Stanley-Jeff-Brown/dp/0060206810
Scott likes to tie things together too! He likes to scoot things over and say that they're a "trailer" like, to tow behind a car? I'm telling you, Emma belongs with the Engelbrechts.
Robin- So nice to meet you. Okay, your kids are adorable. I also have to take away light sabers.
This cracks me up b/c the top of our fridge is also "toy purgatory"! I literally cringe & cover my head when I open the freezer b/c I've been hit in the head w/them so many times. I would be ashamed to show you how many there are–it's to the ceiling, b/c usually the take aways wind up permanently in "purgatory". Once they forget about them, I do too. Usually it's the noisy toys, the ones they hurt each other with and the ones w/10,000 little pieces w/half missing that Mommy didn't buy b/c Mommy knows what happens to them, quickly. Oh yeah and play doe–it's a NO NO in my house! I've started sending it home to the one who bought it so they have it when my kids are visiting.:)
Lisa
How cute! I could definitely see my own son pulling off something similar, unfortunately though because he does not yet have a sibling, it would be one of the unassuming dogs that became his victim! LoL
SWORDS and light sabors…. Oh my goodness. They drive me crazy — ha ha!
I feel like I live in the middle of a battlefield 
Blessings!
Melanie
SWORDS and light sabors…. Oh my goodness. They drive me crazy — ha ha!
I feel like I live in the middle of a battlefield 
Blessings!
Melanie
HA!! Hilarious. I love the picture… it speaks a thousand (and one) words.
LOL!!!!!! Little sisters are great fun toys! Brooklyn and Nat have done that too…well without the rope. But Nat will play along with whatever Brooklyn wants.
So cute!
My kids all went through a pretend the sibling is a dog and fashion a leash out of something. At least it was around the stomach!
I am constantly taking bouncing balls from the kids. Apparently they think "Don't bounce that in the house," is a temporary request.