Yesterday we were walking out the door heading to church when Jonathan stopped in the doorway and cried out in a panic, “Mom, Cole is suppose to dress up like an angel!”
After confirming with Ashley this truly was the case, David scrambled to find something long and white and I went looking for gold ribbon. Amazingly, we completed his costume in all of about 3 minutes—which was perfect—we only had 3 minutes in order to get to church on time.
With such quick thinking and ingenuity one might assume we were going to pull that last minute glitch off without a hitch . . . it was not to be. Cole began sobbing, “But I don’t want to be an angel.” Seeing how it was real tears falling down his sweet, cherub cheeks I did what every good mom would do in such a sticky, time restraining situation: “Cole, if you go as an angel, Mommy will give you a really great surprise.”
Cole looked up at me with hopeful eyes. Between sniffles he asked, “A great surprise, Mommy?” “Yes Cole, a really great surprise.”
So don’t go calling CPS on me, or giving me books on parenting for Christmas, it’s just a fact of life—bribery works! Besides, we now have really cute pictures of our little angel, and our little angel has one of the many “surprises” intended for his stocking.
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I had to pay my child 5.00 to get him to cooperate and be a good shepherd in the Sunday School Pageant. When his part was finished, he walked over near the piano (Im the pianist) and gave me a big THUMBS UP!!
My child, again to be left nameless, always did great until the program and then got the look that said, "Help, I'm about to puke!" I'm so thankful she is now confident, outgoing, and able to get up in front of others to lead sessions when necessary :)
Bribes--a mom's best friend. And wine coolers (just kidding!)
I agree with you--bribery works! There's nothing wrong with a little here or there! :) He looked just adorable too!
Oh, you did great! I had absolutely nothing to do with my daughter's costume. I think the church has a reservior of costumes stored away for such a time as this... although we did supply a great sheep dog costume and a strobe light (?). Don't ask me how that fit into the script. I don't even know what the script was about... except that it must have had something to do with the Christmas story.
What a cute little angel Cole makes!!!
hey GREAT surprises are the best. And it is NOT EASY wearing a dress as an angel - even if the REAL angels were MEN in the BIble - I don't think they wore dresses - ahhh, on ce more, talking boys out of WANTNG to be in the Arts by making them wear dresses... :)
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