I made my 5 year old cry tonight, and I feel mean...

[B00]

we bought her a brand new cabin bed (we're doing up her bedroom). And we took her old bed down but wouldn't let her see the new bed as it was being put up as we wanted to see her face when she saw her play area under it etc.

To get her off the scent so to speak, we told her that her old bed was broken and that we wasn't gonna bother getting her new one, she could have a blanket on the floor.

To our mortification she burst into tears and wouldn't be consoled!

My eldest daughter when i told her what had happened said that me and Mr Boo were twisted and it was just like time we bought her an iron for Christmas. Apparantly we're mean parents :-(

[NoMercy]

You bought her an iron for Christmas?

I remember the time my dad bought my mum an iron for Christmas. She nearly threw it at him.

[mazie]

That is mean Boo.... go and stand in the naughty corner!

[ummmm]

Lol.....I'm a bit like that with my kids.

[lardhelmet]

Why, had you not taught her how to do the ironing before you bought it for her Boo?

[sara3]

Social Services will be after you, lady!

[redcrx]

i know how bad you feel. Little CRX is always getting hangnails and wants plasters etc. I told him the other day itd be easier to just cut his finger off. He burst into tears, said he'd bleed to death and baby CRX wouldnt have a big brother anymore :(

kids! No sense of humour!

[B00]

No- sorry perhaps i should have explained the 'iron for Christmas' line...

My daughter when she was about 14/15 only job around the house was the ironing (I hate doing it you see), and it just so happened the iron broke round about Christmas time. For a laugh, we bought a new one and put it under the tree as one of her pressies. I must stress she did get proper presents from us.

She however, at the time, didn't see the funny side.

[sherrardk]

It's the sort of thing we would do (don't know about the iron though). My husband wants to tell the kids that we are becoming Jehovas Witnesses so that we can cancel Christmas!

[ummmm]

No sense of humour and over sensitive....

[lardhelmet]

Think you should have wrapped up a basket of ironing as well Boo - help to keep the theme going!

[redcrx]

oooh sherrard, let us know how that goes, i may borrow that line when kids are a bit older :)

[mazie]

lol......I'm sure she didnt Boo.....you have a warped sense of humour :o) Where did you hide the ironing board?

[4getmenot]

AND I WOULDNT HAVE A NEPHEW ANYMOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!

http://www.hipstertra...ying-baby-272x300.jpg

[B00]

I know Red- honestly, you'd think they'd be a laugh eh?

She was hiccupiing for ages after from her sobbing fit. We eventually told her she could have her camping bed up in her room then.

Have to say though, her face was a treat when she did see the bed.

[boxtops]

Bit like the time my ex gave me a carving knife for Christmas.....(Mind you, I took it with me when I left).

[B00]

lol yeah 4get, she looked just like that!

[rowanwitch]

Good psychology. the gap from her perception of the situation to the reality was widened making the surprise an even nicer one.... you are still warped though...

[B00]

Yes I know Rowan, my eldest told me exactly the same thing earlier :-(

[rowanwitch]

Warped is good, ......My mum bought me a sewing machine when I was 15, I spent the next three months making curtains....

[lardhelmet]

No wonder you laughed at me Boo a few weeks when OH came home with a new vacuum cleaner and I was actually pleased!