These are picture books by David Shannon that are about a mischievous little boy named David (I think they are somewhat autobiographical according to the author).
As of late, we have been reading DAVID GETS IN TROUBLE at bedtime for Seth. Some of the memorable lines in this book are, "It was an accident..." "I didn't mean to..." "It's not my fault...." All of these are said by the main character David when he breaks a window by throwing a baseball, when he has too many snacks in his hand and drops his drink on the carpet, and when he messes up the class picture by making a funny face.
Do you see where this post is going? We have heard many of these responses from Seth lately after we correct his behavior, but some of them certainly have NOT been used in context. Here are some examples:
Throwing his tissue on the floor after blowing his nose (It's not my fault--no baby, it's not your fault that we don't have a trashcan for you to immediately deposit your tissue.)
Hitting his teammate at soccer practice (It was an accident--having some bad reflexes perhaps?)
Not stopping his bicycle at the stop sign to look both ways and accelerating instead (I didn't mean to...sure, honey--you didn't mean to not hear mommy scream her head off to stop because there was a car coming.)
I failed to mention that we also read a Bible story before bed as well and he always wants to hear the one about the snake.
1 comment:
It's always the snake's fault, but of course Snakey didn't accidentally mean to.
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