Fool me once...

A certain little girl in my life tends to stretch the truth or omit details.  She's often known to burst out in tears as a way to avoid tough situations. She plays the drama queen quite well, and even better...the poor little victim. She tries to pull the wool over our eyes all the time...it works on Todd, but not so much on me.

So much to my surprise (not), one day before Christmas break, I show up at the daycare to pick her up after school and was greeted by being pulled into the office by the leader of the group.  She could hardly contain her excitement...well, holy crap, finally...she's actually not in trouble, she must have done something good?!?!?

Yeah, nope.

Turns out, little missy got in trouble at school and was sent home with a "blue notice".  However, prior to me picking her up she was caught trying to hide the blue notice so nobody would see it.  They didn't acknowledge the hiding of the notice, let her do it, and then retrieved the notice. 

They figured it was time for payback for the multiple years of torture they have endured.  They put the notice in a Christmas tin, put her name on it from Santa, and then gave it to me so she could open it on Christmas morning.  I left, sort of excited myself, with strict instructions from the staff to "take pictures, lots of pictures".

I came home and told Todd all about it.  Turns out his sense of humor isn't as evil as mine because he didn't think we should do it and ruin her Christmas morning.  I thought it would be hilarious and obviously we wouldn't let it ruin her day.   I wasn't even mad about the blue notice, I think this is the second one she's received in five years.  Not too worried...kids have bad days. 

Needless to say, we both forgot about doing it anyway, and it sat in my car until the New Year. 

OMG, now the really good part....I bring it in the house on Tuesday night, set her up by saying it came in the mail.  Well, was she excited??? Hellz ya!!  I thought I'd be really nice and take a video instead of pictures for the ladies at the daycare....

Enjoy....

Short video, I know, because she'd FLIPPED OUT!!!!  I felt SO bad, I've never seen a child immediately crumple in a heaping pile of tears.  I stopped the recording, and tried to explain that I wasn't mad, it was only meant to be a joke, and that instead of trying to hide these things she should just be honest. 

I'm sitting there, feeling all horrible about my mommy-skills, and I ask her why she felt the need to hide it. Her answer...."I didn't want to ruin YOUR Christmas".

Pffft....see what I mean??  Pretty little victim...

Child.....not only did you NOT ruin my Christmas...you made my freaking year with your reaction. 

Fool me once...shame on you. Fool me twice I get even...

Or as George Bush Jr. would say..."There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."