Monkey is no angel. He's a bright kid, very verbal and at times acts like he's a close friend of mine that I can "schmooze" with all evening, but he's also 4 years old. There are those days when he acts like, well, like he's a 4-year-old. Today was one of those days.
Monkey loves his brother and thank goodness Froggy is a big baby with some extra baby fat, You know the kind of baby where you can find a delicious fat roll to kiss and tickle. Monkey likes to get "rough and tumble" with his baby brother and thinks he's his buddy and forgets he's just a baby.
This evening before bedtime as Froggy was "cruising" around the living room, Monkey decided, as a typical 4-year-old and big brother, to attack him. Froggy face planted into our coffee table and Monkey was put into a "time-out" by his Daddy.
IceMan was so upset that this was the 4th time today he warned Monkey to be gentle with his baby brother, that he yelled, "That's it, no TV for you the entire day tomorrow." (uhh, IceMan, you work on Sundays, remember?!)
From the kitchen I heard this statement and came rushing in.... "Whoa, I said, what Daddy meant to say was there will be no TV the entire MORNING that he's in charge." (this is my one day a week when I get to sleep late and IceMan is in charge of the boys)
Monkey cried and promised to be more gentle with his brother. (let's hope) I told IceMan next time he's dishing out punishments, let's try to remember not to Punish Mommy.
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