Every night on our way home from school, I ask John how many timeouts he had during the day. Lately he has been on a good streak of no timeouts. But Gillian always wants to be involved in our conversations. So one night I asked Gillian if she had any timeouts. She said “No!” But she had a guilty look on her face. I’m very suspicious of that little girl.

Today I picked up Gillian early from school. She wasn’t feeling well. John decided to stay at school while I took Gillian home. Gillian was at school for about three hours. On our way home from picking up John, again I asked him how many timeouts. He said “zero!” Gillian had a big smile on her face. I asked Gillian the same question. She replied with her little finger in the air “Two!” She paused, then she said “Four! Six!” I’m not sure she understood the question.