My child cannot sit still at dinnertime. I don't know if it is because she sits still all day at school or if it is that she is just the type of person that has problems sitting still, but at this point it is almost comical. So, when I asked her to sit down the other night, I mentioned that the situation was becoming a "family tradition" to which Matthew responded with the following:
People ask you, AC, "Why don't you sit?"
(When Mama asks you to)
"Why don't you eat veg-gies?"
(When Mama asks you to)
"Why won't you sit in the chair that we bought?"
We ask you oooo-ver and ooo-ver,
put yourself in a seated position
'Cause when the dinner bell rings
and Mama cooks tasty things
It's a... family tradition....
At this point, I'm laughing hysterically, Anna Cate is now standing proudly by her chair shaking her little hips and Matthew is grinning from ear-to-ear at how very clever he is. Oh well, sitting down while eating is a lesson for another night I suppose.
