At one point over the weekend, Maudie and Daddy were playing with Maudie's musical drum. Maudie lost interest in the game and Daddy was silly and threw the drum down on the floor. This upset Maudie immensely. She took a moment, went to calm down with a drink of milk and marched back into the living room. There she stood in front of Chris with her hand on her hip and finger shaking in his face. In her most serious voice she yells "TIME OUT DAD!" Chris and I looked at each other trying not to laugh while Maudie
led him to the stair (our time out spot). Daddy was in blatant violation of the 'treating toys with respect' rule and he had no choice but to sit in time out. Now, the standard time out penalty is usually 1-minute per year in age. That's 31 minutes for Daddy. After roughly a minute in time out Maudie explained to Daddy that we don't throw our toys and he needs to play gentle. She followed the lecture with the standard kiss and hug make up session.
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