Will you still love me?

In our home library, we have a book titled "Will you still love me?". It is a book about a boy who makes up elaborate scenarios of naughty behavior and then asks if he (the boy) did all those things would the dad still love him. Of course the dad replies that he will love him.

Well, yesterday my kids rallied together on the no-school holiday and decided to put that theory to the test. I have to confess that I wasn't totally patient about the naughtiness by the end of the day. So, feeling a little remorseful at dinner time about my impatience, I tried to make light of the day with my kids. Here is my own (true) version that I told my kids...

Caleb and Meagan if you...

wake me up at 5:30 am

get sand in someone's eye

complain every 30 seconds

grab a book from your sister's hand

tell me that my cooking is yucky

cry hysterically because you don't get your way

slam the door in your brother's face

leave hundreds of microscopically sized pieces of paper on the floor

write on the table in marker

wake the baby up 4 times

dump every toy you own on the floor

change your clothes 3 times

or announce that we never do anything fun 5 minutes after returning from the park

I will still love you!