Wuv you!

Gavin has had some funny responses to discipline lately. He'll be doing something he isn't supposed to be doing, so we will say, "No Gavin." If he continues the behavior, Adam slaps his little hand. Some of his favorite ways to get in trouble are: opening the refrigerator and trying to pull out food, climbing a chair to bang on Adam's laptop, pulling out dishes onto the floor, banging his fork on the kitchen table, dumping Jacob's puzzle pieces everywhere... Anyway, so Gavin was banging on the laptop and saw Adam coming. The funniest thing was he could predict what was going to happen, so he did it to himself. We heard him say, "No, NO Gabin." And proceed to slap himself on the hand. Hey, self-discipline. Gotta love it. ;)

The past few days have been even funnier. He is making the progression of stopping when we ask him to stop. So that's a step in the right direction. The cutest part is that when he stops, he smiles his sweetest smile, and says in a loving little voice, "Wuv you." This happens everytime. He'll be turning on the faucet to spray water. We say, "No Gavin." He stops and says, "WUV YOU MAMA!" He even says "Wuv you mama" to daddy. So now we've officially entered the manipulation stage. Since I melt over all that sweet love stuff, I'd say it's working so far. Little stinker.