A Useful Trait

It's funny what you can learn about kids and their personalities at such a young age, don't you think?

Recently, I was doing that old trick with the boys where I "steal" their noses...you know what I'm talking about, right? You pinch the nose with the knuckles on your index and middle fingers, pull gently, and then stick your thumb between them and say "I got your nose!" Yeah, I know, old school, but it got a laugh from my boys and that's good enough for me.

Cole played along a few times before he got tired of it, but Max wanted me to keep going. After a few minutes he disappeared to his bedroom. When he came back, he was walking towards me holding out his toy pliers, saying "Here, Mommy. Me use dis..." And with that, he opened them up with both hands, grabbed a big ol' chunk of my nose, and clamped down. Ouch!

While I didn't particularly enjoy the attempt at ripping my nose off my face, I have to say I am glad to see that Max is still as resourceful as ever. He knew a set of pliers would be much more effective than a couple of measly knuckles. Silly mommy. Guess I should have thought of that!