Time out for Mama

I came home for lunch yesterday, a rare occasion lately since work has been, well, work lately. While I was home Becky threw a crayon. Yes, mama picked up a crayon off the floor and threw it on to the table, about 4 feet away. In front of Ally. Ally watched her throw the crayon. So mama had to have a time out for throwing. Ally then picked up a crayon and threw hers too, so she had to join mama in timeout.

Mama was so upset and embarrassed. Of course I took pictures and promised to blog about it.

I just love the way Ally is looking up at her, like why are you shaking mama? Don't you know its not any fun to be in timeout? Or maybe she was thinking "mama, why did you throw the crayon, you know I like to imitate you! Then I threw the crayon and now we're both in timeout" Either way the whole incident was priceless.

PS - it wouldn't have been such a big offense, except the night before mama flung teddy across the room to the bed. I know being a mama is tough work, but we agreed that it was important to model good behavior for Ally and limit throwing things until she was in bed or not at home. Then the very next day Becky threw the crayon. I guess I should have given her a timeout the first time and not a second chance.

PPS - I just viewed this post with Ally and asked her to tell me what happened. She said "mama throw... Ally throw... timeout... mama sad". Until then I forgot that a toddler would interpret laughing so hard tears come to your eyes as sadness and not happiness.