Oh my gawd… Owie had me cracking up today! So, he and little sis were playing with toys. Soph found a little purse (one of those McDonalds speed racer purses… ) and started filling it up with little toy cars. She will play with anything that Owie plays with! She adores her big bro!

Anyway, Owie saw that Soph had a neat way of hauling around the cars and also decided (which he usually does) that he wants what she has. So, he tried taking the purse away from her. Husb and I explained that Soph had it first and that he had to wait until she dropped it and got bored with it.

Ever the literal person (so much like me it’s scary!) he decided to devise his own plan to get the purse. I was in the kitchen cleaning it up and heard the following exchange between the two of them…

Owie: “Sophie can I have it?”
Soph: “Nooo”
Owie: “Puleeease can I have it?”
Soph: “No Owie. No see.”
Owie: “Come on! My turn!”
Soph: “No mine!”
Owie: “Drop it Sophie, Drop it! You can do it!”
Soph: Silence… and then a thunk
Owie: “You dropped it! Good job!”

Then two seconds later….

Owie: “She dropped it mommy!”
Me: “Dropped what, Owie?”
Owie: “She dropped the purse with the cars in it!”
Me: *laughing* “My you are devious O!”

My son the negotiator. He tried everything to get her to give him that little purse. He even offered to trade her some of his less-than-precious-cars just to get it. She of course declined until he told her to drop it. Soph loves dropping things… food on the floor, her sippy cup, toys…. etc. You name it, she’s dropped it.

The best part about the exchange between the two of them is that she didn’t throw a tantrum after seeing Owie snatch up the prized purse. That was a definite gullible moment for her. Hee!