My girls were upstairs playing earlier this afternoon. Mom was napping on the couch, little Jay was taking an nap and I was watching my first college football game in a very long time.
My middle little girl came downstairs in search of a snack, so I helped her locate some chocolate chip cookies. Her face was all aglow with this nice little afternoon snack, and I thought it would be a sweet gesture for her to take a cookie upstairs for each of her sisters, so off she ran.
An hour or so later all three sisters came downstairs and the two that had been upstairs were now in search of an afternoon snack.
“You’ve already had a cookie,” I told the oldest one who suddenly looked at me with a very puzzled look on her face. “I didn’t get a cookie!” she replied. So I looked at the middle who insisted she put the cookie upstairs for her, and offered the thought, that she must not have seen it yet. So off the two of them went to find the missing cookie. Seconds later they came back without a cookie. Then the youngest one spoke up and said “I didn’t get a cookie either,” At which point I became suspicious of some foul play.
I turned to the middle Sis and asked, “Did you eat their cookies?” I could see that she was having the most difficult silent conversation with herself, and finally with tears bursting forth, and in words almost inaudible she confessed, “I DID! I DID EAT THEIR COOKIES. IM SUCH A BAD PERSON!”
Well she’s laying on her bed now. I’m gonna go talk to her about the importance of sharing, telling the truth, and the fact that she’s not a bad person. I just hope I can do it all with a strait face.
Guess temptation can come in all shapes and sizes even in the form of three chocolate chip cookies.
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That is so cute! Well bless her little heart for coming forth with the truth…..I know I’ve been tempted to “eat someone else’s cookies” before… LOL! Your girls are so precious.