Spankin' Reindeer

Lena (3) calls to me as I'm doing the dishes: "Mom, Micah's crawling up the stairs!!"

I wasn't too worried. Micah is 15 months old and has mastered the stair very well. As I dried my hands off, so that I could go bring him down stairs again, I heard a loud 'slap' and then a cry from Micah. Looking at me with a guilty look on her face from the top of the stairs, Lena assures me that she didn't do it. Unfortunately for Lena, Micah had a hand print on his bare back as evidence. Oops...Busted! Needless to say Lena had to sit in her naughty spot for awhile. When her time was up she apologized to Micah and came to me sobbing: "But Mom, I thought he was a reindeer...*sob*...a spankin' reindeer...*sniffle*.

"A spankin' reindeer!? Are you telling me stories Lena?"

She looked at me, tried her best not to, but started to giggle: "Teehe, yeah mom."

I still don't know why she hit him but she sure came up with an interesting story while she was in time-out.