It's In There!

Every parent wants their children to be smart, and we are no different. Some days are great. We think to ourselves that we must be doing something right when they bring home that report card with all A's on it. Then there are days that we as parents would rather forget. Those are the days when our children do or say things that are just well, dare I say it? Stupid. Yep, I went and said it. The big fat no-no word that I tell my kids not to say. I'm sorry, there's just no other way to describe some of the things these kids come up with. Whether we would like to admit it or not, all of us at some time or another have watched our kids do something and thought to ourselves, "This cannot possibly be my child."
My children are no exception, they have done and said things that pegged the stupid meter completely out. But the other night, my baby girl did something so brilliant, so completely cunning, that I couldn't help but be impressed by my offspring. My kids were watching a show together when nature called. My mini me, not wanting to miss a moment of the action, paused the TV and proceeded into the bathroom. In mere seconds I heard the other two screaming, followed shortly by the sound of someone trying the handle and banging on a locked door.
"Mama! Mama! She paused the TV!"
"Well, unpause it then! Just hit the button! Where is the remote? "
"It's IN THERE!"
"What? Where?"
"Mama! She took it in the bathroom and locked the door! And now I can't get it!"
I have to admit that I giggled at the sheer genius of my "middle child." I call her that not really because she is younger than her twin by 13 minutes, but because she has the worst case of "middle child syndrome" known to man. But after such a stunning feat of pure brilliance, I think I'll start calling her Wiley Coyote. Well played, Sharlee girl. Well played.