Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Ali's Infamous Left Hand

Ali has determined that her left hand is her naughty hand. Here are some examples of conversations that we've had recently.

Scene #1 setup: Ali moving her straw up and down quickly on her McDonald's cup in order to make that really annoying noise.
Me- (worrying that she'll spend the whole 18 hr drive to CA with my parents making that noise)"Ali, please stop doing that- it really isn't good manners"
Ali- "I know- it was my left hand."

Scene #2 setup: Ali throws a little bouncy ball behind the piano
Me- "Ali! What did you do that for?"
Ali- "What?"
Me- "Now you have to wait for Dad to get home before you can play with your ball. That wasn't your best idea."
Ali- "I know. My left hand just made my right hand throw it back there."

Scene #3 setup: Ali is supposed to be brushing her teeth
Me- "Ali, have you finished brushing?"
Ali- "Almost"
Me- "What's taking so long?" (It had been about 20 minutes.)
Ali- "Mom, can you punish my left hand? It's making fun of my right hand. It's saying, "Right has an owie!"
Me- "What?"
Ali- (in a sing song voice- imagine Na- Na- NaNa- Na)"Right has an owie...Right has an owie"
Me- "How am I supposed to punish Left? Put it in time out?"
Ali- "Yes."
Me- "If Left is in time out, how will you brush your teeth?"
Ali- "I don't know."
Me- "Why don't you just focus on brushing your teeth and when you're done you can put Left in timeout yourself."
Ali- "Perfect!"

Scene #4 setup: Ali is in the backseat arguing with person/persons unknown.
Me- (after turning off the radio to be sure that what I thought I heard was actually what I heard) "Ali, who are you arguing with?"
Ali- "My left hand."
Me- "Why?"
Ali- "I don't know."
Me- " "
And the argument continued.

I'm not really sure why/how this discovery was made. It sort of gives new meaning to the phrase Choose The Right.

2 comments:

FarrEver Family said...

Seriously laughing out loud! Made John come and read it! Can Ali please marry Noah, I want grandkids as awesome as her!

Sussie said...

You must know where she get this stuff from, don't you? It comes from you Sarah. You two are almost the same! You did some pretty zaney stuff when you were little too! If only some of your little playmates were around and we could ask them some questions! This was pretty funny I must admit! She may have surpassed even you!