Good on ya. Nothing worse than a bad liar! :)

It's going to come in handy that Christmas where she calls out, "Mommy! Grandma gave me the new Ariel doll that Santa gave me. I don't want another one!"

My sister used to tell me that it's only lying if you get caught.

But I kind of like the successfully part better--it makes it seem like something sophisticated!

I too was shocked by how edamame heavy your grocery bill was. I was wondering if you were running a Japanese bar on the side, ha ha.

You just have to write a parenting book! It will be full skills I needed 30 years ago. It fun now watching my kids tell their kids to go back and flush!!

The first time I lied I was not sucessful; I told my mom Mr. Oser had given me the pretty purple marker and all was fine until Maria told Mr. Oser that I had taken his purple marker, then my mom was called and I was in trouble. STUPID MARIA!

Let's face it, the kid will have to lie one day, might as well do it right.

I like edamame and I was surprised because they remind me of string beans and I loath string beans.

Funny post. :)

Do you taunt concerned parents for sport? 'Cause if you do, that would make the whole experience even better for me.

Admit it people. How many of us had to Google Edamame before finishing the story? I'm number one.

In response to KMac...I caught the same vibe that she was knocking Heather when she said that. I was more than slightly annoyed.

So wait, did she go pee somewhere else maybe besides the toilet?

Maybe she's learning from Coco?

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I had never heard of edamame and thought it might be some cheese-related thing. So I googled it. Oh my, it's soya?! I tried to eat soya beans once. Once was more than enough. I think I'd prefer the cheese. Lying is an art and needs to be learned properly, from a good teacher at a young age. I think she'll be fine!

what is truth really? just a perceived reality... it is a talent to convince others of a different reality ;)

this post was nice and clever. i chuckled the whole way through.

happy sunny days.

My favorite thing about children is when they lie for no reason. It seemed kind of out of nowhere but maybe why Leta chose to fib about going to the bathroom isn't immediately apparent to me...??

I was busy eating Marshmallows and had to look up what the heck edamame is. Shame on you for feeding your child such crap as that! Tell Leta not to blink and to flush the toliet when she says she went. For good measure she will need to wash her hands also so they smell like soap, that is what my son does anyway. Clothes are so over rated.

You should add some guilt in next time. Nothing makes a lier feel worse than added guilt.