Abby has started to pick up on the convenience of authority at times. For example she’s started the stage wherein if one parents seems to not be delivering the expected results then she’ll envoke the authority of the other parent. Just now I overheard her saying to Jessica, “But my dad said I could….” Jessica knew it was a fabrication (or lie, fib, deception, untruth, falsehood, misrepresentation or B.S.). I find the irony to be that I used to try this and while there were some times that it worked, I was always a crumby liar. Which is probably good. The only way I have ever been a very good liar was in the context of a practical joke, surprise party or when Jessica’s $450.00 leather jacket got put in the washing machine and I blamed it on the one eyed monster I had seen leaving our house just as I got home after a long day of work* [and Jessica if you’re reading this its completely true – the monster was leaving our house, it is my only excuse**].

* That is a lie. Jessica has never had a leather jacket to my knowledge, and certainly has never had $450.00 to buy one.
** This is a complete fabrication, which therefore makes this parenthetical statement an attempt at humor.