We drove directly to meet the in-laws to pick up the kids as soon as we got off our flight yesterday. Owen was in his grandfather's arms when I walked up to him. He looked at me suspiciously, frowned and then clung to Grandpa's neck. It took him a while to warm back up to me. Stake. Through. The. Heart.Oh, Cashmere. I'm pretty sure in Two-Year-Old-ese, this is, "I love you so much that you must be punished for your own good, and this is the only means available to me." Poor Owen. Your story is putting me in mind of A.A. Milne's Disobedience, from When We Were Very Young.
James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down to the end of the town, if you don't go down with me."
James James
Morrison's Mother
Put on a golden gown.
James James
Morrison's Mother
Drove to the end of the town.
James James
Morrison's Mother
Said to herself, said she:
"I can get right down to the end of the town and be back in time for tea."
King John
Put up a notice,
"LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED!
JAMES JAMES
MORRISON'S MOTHER
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISLAID.
LAST SEEN
WANDERING VAGUELY:
QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD,
SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN TO THE END OF THE TOWN—FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!"
James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Other relations
Not to go blaming him.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he:
"You must never go down to the end of the town without consulting me."
James James
Morrison's mother
Hasn't been heard of since.
King John said he was sorry,
So did the Queen and Prince.
King John
(Somebody told me)
Said to a man he knew:
If people go down to the end of the town, well, what can anyone do?"
(Now then, very softly)
J.J.
M.M.
W.G.Du P.
Took great
C/0 his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J.J. said to his M*****
"M*****," he said, said he:
"You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-if-
you-don't-go-down-with-ME!"
It's a good thing Olivia didn't hold a grudge.Hee.
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d, are you friends with the mother, or just friendly neighbors, or plain old neighbors? Is the neighbor your landlord, or is she also renting?