Susie's Leaning Tower of Chocolate for 2011 June 9 (entry 0)

(4) Thu Jun 09 2011 04:41 Secret Keeping: The kids and I picked out a Father's Day present for John today. I coached Maggie on not telling him what it was. Later, we practiced.

*knock knock*
Me: Maggie, it's me, Daddy! Did you buy me any presents while I was gone?
Maggie: Yes!
Me: What was it?
Maggie: I'm not going to tell you!
Me: What if I tickle you? *tickle* I'm going to tickle you until you tell me!
Maggie: It was a ______!
Me: You're not supposed to tell him! Let's try again.

*knock knock*
Me: Maggie, it's me, Daddy! Did you buy me any presents while I was gone?
Maggie: Yes!
Me: What was it?
Maggie: I'm not going to tell you!
Me: What if I tickle you? *tickle* I'm going to tickle you until you tell me! What was it?
Maggie: I dunno!
Me: What was it? *tickle*
Maggie: I dunno! It was a ______!
Me: *sigh*
Maggie: A ____________!!!

Now: Maggie: How about you pretend to be the Daddy. And I will be in the house.
We'll see how this goes.

*repeat to tickling*
Maggie: I'm not gonna tell you! *grabs a book off the bed* It was a book!
Me: You bought me a book?
Maggie: Yeah! A book. And a ________!
Me: Oh dear.
Maggie: A ______!!!!!

Comments:

Posted by Sumana at Thu Jun 09 2011 08:21

Ha! I am amused and charmed.

Posted by Susie at Thu Jun 09 2011 08:27

I couldn't stop laughing! She's so cute.

Posted by Susie at Thu Jun 09 2011 08:28

Oh, and when she talked to Daddy on the phone, the first thing she said was, "Daddy, guess what? We bought you a present!" And I really didn't expect her to say present.

Posted by Mom at Thu Jun 09 2011 09:40

What a cutie. Good luck in keeping it a secret for another week.