One day last week as we were driving home from school:
Me: “Okay, when we get home, first you need to wash your hands. And then you get to do your <VERBALJAZZHANDS>homework!</VERBALJAZZHANDS> Okay?”
Colin: “Mom. Do you really think that if you say it with an excited voice that I’ll get excited about doing it?”
Me: “It was worth a try…”
Colin: “Sure. If you say so.”
It’s possible that I am not smarter than a first grader.
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Like the verbal jazz hands.
Last night Crazy was trying to get Mr. P.head to sing a song w/ him & he told my husband to “sound more excited.”
I use verbal jazz hands a lot. They’re not very effective (so Mr. P.head might not benefit there), but they make me feel better.
We do jazz hands all the time at our house. We even had a kitty that we named Jazzy because of her “jazz hands/paws” but we gave her back because of the brain damage. BUT, OMG!!! I love “verbal jazz hands!” That is classic. I’m going to start using that on my kids.
I’ll warn you: they’re not very effective in getting what you want done. But they are oh-so-entertaining.
Your son is dead-pan funny. (Wonder where he gets that from)? 😀
He has no idea how funny he is. When you laugh at something he says, he screams, “THAT’S NOT FUNNY.” I foresee a standup comedian emerging…