*alternative parenting styles*

Jared emailed me his recollection of a conversation Sam and I shared yesterday. He thought it was pretty amusing. I couldn't remember what conversation he was referring to until he sent it to me via email. Sam and I have conversations like this all the time. It's a very good distraction technique I've found. Some people may not approve, but kids love to verbally tear apart their mom piece by piece. It's very healthy.

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Sam and Mia fighting over a baby doll in the back of the car; Mom resolves the situation (note: all comments made in complete love and adoration):

Mom: "Sam, you're going to let Mia play with that baby doll, or else..."

Sam: "Or else what?"

Mom: "Or else...I'll rip off your arms and shove them down your throat."

Sam: "If you do that then I'll rip out your hair, make a big hairball and stuff it down YOUR throat."

Mom: "But you won't have any arms, so how can you rip out my hair?"

Sam: "I'll use my legs and kick off your head. Then you'll be a bald Mom with no head."

Mom: "Then I'll use my body to find my head, put it back on, and hunt you down and cut off your feet"

Sam: "How are you going to find your head? Your body doesn't have eyes."

Mom: "My head will tell my body if it's going the right way."

Sam: "You can't talk because I stuffed your hair down your throat."

The conversation continued for a while... I don't know if it was noteworthy after that. But as you can see, Sam has his mother's propensity for comebacks and jabs.