Lily's Pout has stages. First Stage: Le Entrance. Designed for impact, Le Entrance is dramatic and very very noticeable. (Max? He just wants out. He can't handle Le Entrance.)
Stage Two: The Fade. As you can imagine, keeping a straight face after Le Entrance is HARD. Hard to do for Mommy and Daddy; hard to do for Lily herself.
Stage Three: Resolution. Typically, a Resolution conversation goes something like this:
Mommy/Daddy: "What? A pout?! Lemme have that pout - I'm throwing it outside!!" [stage notes: pretend to grab the pout and do a throwing motion in the direction of the backyard]
It works fairly well! (Picture of Lily attempting Stage Three herself.)
Stage Four: Pout Re-route. No more Pout! Score one for the parents - at least this round. I know its just a matter of time before Lily out-smarts us (again).
2 comments:
Very cute pictures and great story. I love the creative way to disarm the pout. Jason's Grandma Bay, the reason for Audrey's middle name, used to say "A bird will poop on that lip!" Usually enough to get a slight smile.
That was hilarous! Perfect pictures too!! She and John have very similar pout faces...hmmm...I think they must scheme together when they are at school. :) Barry has used the pooping bird statement too which usually gets a "no it won't!" shout out which is hard to say with a pout in progress. Score one for the parents! :)
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