So dramatic

Yesterday while lying around I could hear the boys having a great time in the Living room. When I got up I walked into a tornado of Popcorn. They apparently were having a "snowball fight" or playing "52 card pick up" or something. The biggest problem is the "52 cards" were breaking into smaller pieces with every throw and mis-step. So we now have at least 8,852 pieces. I told them they needed to clean it all up. They weren't finished playing and cleaned up a little, threw a little, etc. etc. I was in the kitchen when I realized they were never going to finish so I began counting backwards from 10, slowly, but loudly. They pushed into gear. However at about 6 Red realized they wouldn't be done by the time I got to "0" and so he started to cry, like he had an injury, although I could tell it was fake, so I stayed in the kitchen. Then out of nowhere Blue piped up with "Oh great, this is the part where Red tries to get me in trouble." I cracked up. Blue knows the fake routine that Red puts on. They learn to act so young. Believe me Red is not the only one who can change into a dramatic mode. All of these boys have it down to a science. And they try to pull one over on me. You've probably heard me tell them to say "no thank you" to the other person. That is usually my only response. Hopefully soon they will learn that I am not so gullible and suck it up and take it like a man!