kickourous

Finneas came out of Zoe's room in tears, chanting "kick, kick"... I went into Zoe's room mad, she started to explain, I cut her off, then caught myself and said, "Zoe, in your own words tell me what happened..." "Finneas was trying to steal my binkie...." this went on for a bit ... then I asked, "How did this make you feel?".... Zoe answered: "Kickourous"

(at this point I could not stop myself, I broke the one parent rule.. I laughed out loud... discipline was over....)

(I did finish up by asking how would be a better way to handle this and I was satisfied by her answer which equated to use words)