We have started giving Eli "time outs" when he chooses not to listen. I question why we even try because rarely is it sucessful! Tonight's time out went something like this:
We were playing outside and after being told well over a million times to stay off of our neighbor's driveway Dave decided it was time to put Eli in a time out. He picked him up & stomped over to our patio area; placed Eli on the patio facing the house and tells him sternly that he is in a time out for not listening & walks away. Eli immediately turns his body around. Pulls off one shoe. Starts chewing on his shoe. Then begins to yell "da da shoe! da da shoe!". He stands up & starts running in circles with one shoe on & one shoe off. Dave goes back over to Eli, makes him sit facing the wall & tries his best to not laugh while reminding Eli that he is in a time out. At this point I have my head burried in my arm laughing & Breena is hysterically laughing in the sandbox. Eli stands up again & yells "shoe, da da!" When a minute has passed Dave went back over to him, squated down to Eli's level and told him he needs to stay away from the driveway. Eli turns around, plops his butt on patio & puts himself back in a time out giggling. **sigh** Someday he'll get it, right???
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