funnies

i was just thinking about something funny elise said in the car the other day. we were having a normal conversation when it took a humorous turn.

me: elise, when we get home you're going to have to clean up all your barbies.
elise: you're not the boss of me.
me: (trying to hide my giggles) um...actually i am the boss of you and you will have to pick up your barbies.
elise: not you're not. (pause) you and daddy are the bosses of me.
me: silence

what made this funny is that she didn't understand the rudeness of the "you're not the boss of me" phrase. i suspect one of her friends has said this to her or someone else, so she knew how to use it, but not didn't "get" that saying it to your mom was not a good idea. and after having a good chuckle over it, we did have a discussion about appropriate ways to talk to your mom.

i told my friend susan about this on her blog. one day last week i had to make cupcakes for elise's class, but only needed to send 12, so i had 12 leftover. as i was getting hers ready to take to school, ian kept coming over and asking for a cupcake. i kept reiterating that cupcakes were not for breakfast. at some point i left the room for a few minutes only to come back in and find ian sitting at the table eating a cupcake. in a little sing-song voice he goes, "daddy gave me a cupcake."

sometimes you just get no respect ;)