I’ve really been slacking on these. So the first one is really old and the second one is new.
Me: Katie, you need to pick up your room a bit.
Katie: Mom, the reason I’m not going in my room right now is because my stomach hurts.
Me: Then I guess we’re not going to the pool today.
Katie: A LITTLE. It just hurts a little.
Me: Good. So go pick up your room.
Scene: Katie looking for a library book that she has lost.
Me: You need to look for the book.
Katie: But I don’t know where it is.
Me: I know. That’s why you need to look.
She looks half-heartedly in 2.5 places.
Katie: I can’t find it.
Me: Well you need to keep looking.
Katie, whining: BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT IS.