I'm starting to feel the heat from some of the stories I tell Adelyn when she DEMANDS an answer for everything. Take this for instance:
Adelyn: "Mommy, there's a police man."
Mommy: "Yes, hunny... that's a police man."
Adelyn [with a very concerned look on her face]: "Mommy- is he going to put me in a cage?"
Mommy: "Oh, no, hunny... why would you say that?"
Adelyn: "Mommy- you told me last time that if I was being a bad girl, the police man would put me in a cage."
Mommy [with a very guilty look on her face]: "No, sweetie... police men put naughty boys and girls in JAIL when they do something really bad. Sweet girls like you don't go to jail."
{Policeman waves and smiles to Baby Ella as he passes.}
Adelyn: "Mommy- Baby Ella is a good girl, too, so she doesn't have to live in a cage!"
Um, yeah...
Oh, and I just MIGHT have SORT OF told Adelyn that if she runs away from me in the store, someone will steal her and take her home to do their chores. Hey- don't judge till you have an ever inquiring 3 yr old who wasn't born with a healthy fear of strangers... not even policemen.
