He just walked away ...

We had meltdown city here after dinner last night ..

You know the shoes I got the boys .. well I got M5 some squiggly laces for his old sneakers so he could use them as an old pair .. he LOVES the laces ..

All fine and dandy ..

Well for some reason last night ..he got the scissors and cut the squiggly laces in C5's shoes ... and was very happy with himself ..

Of course C5 was very unhappy .. and I was not impressed of course ...

After all the din settled down *insert starting of WW #10*, I changed my usual tact, and said to M5 what he thought should happen as a result of his actions .. he said "take my shoes of me" ..*insert sullen tone*

So I did . .they are now up the top of the cupboard .. and I again he LOVES these shoes now .. forget the new ones ..

So for the next hour he was very unhappy about this decision.. he eventually stopped trying to trash the house/room/clothes etc ... *insert toddler-like tantrum*

He woke up this morning expecting to have the shoes, again I told him why he was not to have them and that this is a consequence of his actions ..

...and ....

He said OK ..

and walked away ..

Go figure ..

Phew for that ..