I know you think these are just ordinary kitchen utensils. But you would be wrong. They are, in fact, tools of terror.
I just found them strewn about on the floor, on the bed and leaning against the wall in our master bedroom.
Most days, the wooden one is our "spanking spoon". Be critical if you must, but it's effective in curbing undesirable behavior. But now Spencer and Allison have figured out that it leads a double life.
Each implement is also a monster masher.
Our five-year-olds try to pull the old, "I'm scared to go brush my teeth by myself. I don't want to be the first one upstairs, because it's dark up there and there might be monsters."
We've tried telling them there are no monsters, but they've seen Power Rangers, so that argument wasn't holding water. I tried telling them that Mommy doesn't let the monsters in, that nobody comes in our house without mommy's permission. But they remember the neighbor's cat getting stuck in our garage, so that argument was dismembered.
Finally, I stuck a slotted spoon in each little hand and just told them to smack the monsters silly if they see them. Amazing how brave they can be when they're told they actually have parental permission to hit something.
Problem solved!
Until supper time. And then I'm on the hunt for my utensils.
3 comments:
That is hilarious! You absolutely crack me up! I wish I'd have thought of that when my kids were younger.
christy h.
That is too funny! Perhaps those plastic flyswatters from the dollar store also fend off monsters...then at least you would still have spoons for dinnertime!
Ok, this is an awesome idea! My daughter is currently scared of every room where someone doesn't happen to be and it makes me INSANE. I think we'll be trying this at our house!
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