If you suspect that I sometimes lurk around the corners and just listen to my girls talk to each other, you are correct. I am absolutely guilty as charged. Listening to them scheme is my favorite, even when it's only one of them scheming.
"I want to watch Paw Patrol," I heard Mila tell Alexis. Alexis was watching Full House, so the odds of her changing the channel were somewhere between nope and no way.
"No way!" she said. I know the kid well.
"I'm going to tell mom!" Mila replied. She's in a snitching phase, which is hilarious if you're me. I have no idea why she thinks telling me something will lead to any sort of action. Either she hasn't figured out that I'm lazy or she hasn't figured out that I don't deal with conflict when it's other peoples' problem. One of those things. Both are true.
"Go ahead," Alexis said. She KNOWS.
A minute went by and the girls found themselves all cuddled up together on the couch. I couldn't see the whole thing, but I suspect that Mila initiated the cuddle-a-thon. And yet, two seconds later, she was all, "Stop touching me!"
Alexis replied with, "Nope." As you do.
"I'm going to tell mom!" Mila replied.
You know what happened next because I've already explained the process. After that was done, Mila started giggling. And giggling. And giggling. I'm sure Alexis had something to do with the shenanigans, but Mila was definitely living her best life. I waited a moment longer to enjoy their happy then strolled into the room.
Mila instantly stopped giggling and switching to fake crying. It was a convincing fake cry that honestly I only knew was fake because I had been lurking in the shadows for a few minutes. "Mooooom, Alexis won't get off me!" Mila reported in her saddest voice.
Alexis became indignant. Of course. It was a reasonable response.
"Moooooom! Help me!" Mila wailed.
Just imagine Alexis' face. It was exactly as hilarious as you'd imagine.
"Alexis, just move," I said. It wasn't that I was responding to Mila's whining; it was that Alexis was in my spot. I needed to grab my laptop and do a little work and the Big Kid was definitely in my way.
Mila instantly went from fake-sobbing to laughing. "See, Alexis! I told on you!"
I might need to work on that gloating thing. It's really unbecoming and stuff.
