I'm Taking This One to Grandma!

This made me laugh.  I can see my own stubborn boys sitting on this stool in the corner when they were young.  I'm also quite sure they would have taken their case to Grandma if they could have. 

We knew our youngest was going to challenge both our wits and patience.  When he was barely old enough to talk, the boys had an overnight trip to my parents house.  While there, my mother sat a the kitchen table with my youngest perched on her lap.  She showed him an apple and asked him what it was.  With his ornery little smirk, he looked right at her and told her it was on "orange."

And that was only the beginning!  He made life interesting, showing it in bits and pieces through his point of view.  I am thankful and grateful that he was challenging.  (The oldest was a challenge during his teenage years!)  It better prepared me for all that life throws at us. 

Plus, you know what they say about payback?!  Yes - his daughter is even more stubborn than he was.  I get the frustrated, at-the-end-of-his-wits phone calls now.  Imagine that!