"I Forgotted"

"I Forgotted". This is the new favorite mantra of some of our children. It works well (in their minds) anytime, anyplace, anywhere to describe why they were doing the exact opposite of what we asked them to do. Maybe I ask too many questions. It seems like a logical way to get the kids to understand that they were, in fact, disobeying what we asked them to do/not do. So...a typical conversation sound like this. (ME) Hey ..., you are playing behind the car-where did daddy ask you to be? (Guilty party) Uhhh..., Umm...., Uhhh....the grass. (ME) Yes...the grass, but you weren't on the grass. Why? (Guilty party) Uhhh..., Ummm....., Uhhhh...I forgotted. Yes-that pretty much sums up every single conversation we have in a day. You have to understand that we just sent them outside about 2 minutes prior & before they walked out the door stated the expectations & had them repeated back to us. So-it gets a LITTLE bit frustrating. I'm thinking that someday in the morning when they are sitting at the breakfast table yelling for some breakfast I might just play the "I Forgotted" card. Well...a mom can dream, can't she?