Lately Hannah has a new way of letting me know when she a)doesn't like what I have to say, or b)doesn't want to get in trouble. It works like this:
Me: Hannah, please stop (insert any unacceptable behaviour).
Hannah: Mom, don't (in a somewhat whiny voice).
Me: Don't what?
Hannah: Don't talk (often with giving me "the hand"). Just don't talk.
OR
Me: It's time to go home now.
Hannah: Stop talking.
OR
Me: (not talking, but giving what I hope is a "don't even think about it" look)
Hannah: Mom, don't (again, with the whiny voice).
Me: Don't what? (I mean, I'm not talking...)
Hannah: Don't make that face.
I wonder, how would this approach work on a police officer issuing a speeding ticket? She might be onto something...
A Calloused Foot
13 years ago
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Hi Carolyn,
ReplyDeletei'm Nancy, your friend Julie's sister in law, and I sooooooooo have have that same little girl(named Gracie) that continuously tells her father and myself to "stop TALKING" ( with the hand and everything), when we're trying to have a conversation about our day. The new thing now is..."stop talking...........I can't hear my show!" I sooooo feel your pain!