out of the box

In order to buy myself some much needed study time for my upcoming midterm, I decided to do what any strapped for time single parent would do and use the television as a babysitter. I decided I would pull out the special treat card and offer Morgs up a movie in order to buy some quiet time for myself. Which in turn bought myself a debate with a 3 year old on seasonaly appropriate movies. I occasionaly forget that a 3 year old can rationalize pretty much anything. This is how it went down.

Me: Hey Morgs, wanna watch a movie as a special treat??

Morgs: Of course! (her fav phrase instilled in her by gma Jean) The Grinch!!!! The Grinch!!! I wanna watch the Grinch!!

Me: ummmmmmmm....(thinking back to the 1252 times we watched this in December) The Grinch is a Christmas movie.

Morgs: (looking me dead in the eye) Uh-huh

Me: But its spring time, don't you want to watch something.....springy?

Morgs: Its raining...

Me: (not sure where she's going with that one..) And the Grinch is a Christmas movie

This went on for quite sometime until she brought it

Morgs: Well you have snowflake pants (refering to my uberfashionable fleece pants)

Check and mate

Don't ask me while I felt the need to argue with a toddler, The Grinch is one of my favorite Christmas movies...aww heck one of my favorite movies, and who says we have to only watch Christmas movies at Christmas time. There's no law saying I can't watch Gidget in February...so thanks to the toddler diva crowd to remind us its ok to break the rules and watch Christmas movies and march...and wear snowflake pants!

(I don't know where she gets it from)