Daddy Believed Me

We have reached the point where little Miss Aidyn has learned to lie. I am not sure when it started, but it's been a while now and has mostly revolved around playing in the water after using the bathroom. We have a rule that she can't play in the water without permission (enacted after she used an entire container of hand soap in just two days) which is clearly not her favorite rule since I was regularly finding Polly Pocket swimming in a rinsing cup bubble bath on the sink or multiple towels soaking wet on the floor and noticing that Aidyn had a tendency to be wet up to her shoulders after "just washing my hands!"

Recently we've been working on remodeling a large closet into a playroom for the kids and we needed to remove some old peeling paint before painting the door. The paint was coming off in long strips and, I admit, it was quite fun to peel it. However, for obvious reasons, that was an adult-only job and Aidyn was well aware of this rule.

One evening Donnie thought that more paint was peeled from the last time he had seen the door and asked Aidyn if she had been peeling the paint. She said she hadn't and Donnie just reminded her that she shouldn't be and that was that. The next morning I actually caught Aidyn in the act of peeling paint off the door and stopped her.

Me: "Aidyn! Daddy already told you not to be peeling that paint, honey. It's not a safe thing for kids to do. Were you peeling the paint last night when Daddy asked you? Did you lie?"

Aidyn: "Well, yes...but Daddy believed me!!"