The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree

I often used to wonder what traits my children would inherit from me.  Always hoping it would be the best traits I could possibly have…..but I began to notice behavior that made me look twice in the mirror.

I have always been good at debate, forensics or any type of public speaking.  Given a challenge, I seldom let down.  Unfortunately, that apple didn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to my children. 

What I didn’t ever expect, was that my children would be the ones to use my logic to completely and utterly confuse me in my prime!

I remember clearly my daughter was about 5 years old.  She was demanding the ability to have juice without using a sippy cup.  I explained how I anticipated she would be spilling and she needed to hold with both hands and not go into the living room.  The hard headed individual she was, she walked into the livingroom when I wasn’t looking and tripped.  She spilled her cup all over the floor.  I took one look at her, and she said “Well, if you didn’t buy the juice then I wouldn’t have had anything to spill”…..  Hmmm  I couldn’t argue with that one!  But I certainly found a way….. that would be the challenge part in me.

I remember another instance where my youngest son fell down the step leaving the house.  It was pretty traumatic seeing as he broke his front tooth off, but outside of all the commotion….he too found that same logic by telling me “if we didn’t live here, this wouldn’t have happened”

I can honestly say we have worked extremely hard to take responsibility for our actions.  As funny as those situations are, and as much as they make me proud of the intellectual responses…..its hard not to look into the mirror and pull out those self-help books again!