Last Thursday, the kids asked me on the way home from their babysitter's house who was going to watch them next week (because Meme Bean is away for a couple weeks). I jokingly said that Kaitlyn was going to watch everyone. She seemed on board with the idea and thought she could handle feeding everyone, giving the babies their bottles and changing the babies' diapers....
Last night before bed, Kaitlyn came up to me with a worried look on her face and asked me where we going tomorrow. When I said Meme Bean's, she had the saddest look on her face and said "and I'm going to be by myself to watch everyone?". I felt so bad that she took me so seriously and that 4 days later she remembered what I had joked about. I told her that of course she didn't have to watch everyone, someone else would be there and she could just have fun being her normal 3- year old self. She immediately burst into a smile and gave me a hug and kiss.
So my question is this- why do kids take you seriously when you are being sarcastic but yet ignore you when you really mean what you say- like "stop hitting your brother"..????.. One of life's many little mysteries.......
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