A few weeks ago, my daughter woke up from her nap in One of Those Moods. She was upset that her Daddy had the FLIPPING NERVE to leave to go to the grocery store while she was sleeping.
“But why did he leave without me?” She asked, while tears formed in her eyes.
“Because you were sleeping, honey.”
“But Mommy, I love Daddy! I wanted to go with him! Why didn’t he wait…for…(*tears*) MEEEEEEEE.”
“No! No! Don’t cry, Sweetie! It’s okay. He’ll be right back!”
Nothing I did to comfort her helped.
But then, I had a Spontaneous Moment of Parenting Genius.
“Look at how fast I can blink my eyes!” I said. I began to blink my eyes as fast as I could. She looked up at me, not having it at first. But I pressed on and kept blinking.
“I bet you can’t blink your eyes this fast! Only Mommy can blink her eyes faster!”
Tears, stopped.
I had just challenged her to a blink off and because she inherited my competitive spirit, it was SO ON.
What happened next was amazing.
And hilarious.
And something that The Middle Child decided MUST BE RECORDED ON VIDEO. So, later that night he took out the Flipcam and let the magic happen. I hope you think it is as funny as my entire family does.
The Blinking Faster Game.
The Champion of Blinking from mamarosa on Vimeo.
she is lightning fast! 🙂
OMG, that’s hilarious! I love that we can distract them from a tantrum by making a game out of something totally random. It works every time 😀
I’m in total hysterics!!!!! That was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time!!!
Her technique is flawless! Bonus points for her trying to manipulate her eyes to blink. Too cute!
OMG, this is hilarious. Her looking towards the ceiling when she tries to go REALLY fast gets me.
Awesome! I’m totally going to whip out a blinking contest when I have a kiddo in meltdown mode.
Sheer brilliance. I feel like trying this, but I have the feeling it might make my contact lenses pop out. But on second thoughts, that might be amusing in itself.
ROFL too cute. 🙂 She’s adorable even when she’s looking spastic.
Ha! I love how she’s getting her whole face into it. “Must …. contort mouth …. to blink…. faster!” She’s hilarious.
And I am totally stealing the fastest blinker contest the next time one of my kids is in A Mood.
That little girl is hilarious 🙂
And that is what adorableness looks like!
That girl could power the entire eastern seaboard with the wattage of her cuteness alone.
I laughed out loud the entire time this video was on then I watched it again. Thanks for the giggles!
awesome. I love it! she is too stinkin’ cute.
She is HILARIOUS. You know your kid is cute when people around the world stop to watch her blink.
You are so screwed.
LMAO. She is trying SO HARD it is adorable.
When I was a kid my Dad and I played the “who has the hardest head” game (probably as a distraction as well), wherein we pushed out foreheads together until someone gave up and was then the loser. I was the total champion.
that is awesome!
there’s no sound on my laptop but OH am I laughing. And she looks so much like your middle child now!
She is awsome!! my 4 year old daughter cracks us up every day!!! i love it!!!
Not only was this hilarious, but I actually started blinking my eyes too!
How totally cute. I love it! And why has no one mentioned that deep voice in the background? Is that your SON??
That is one of the most hilrious and fantastic things I’ve ever seen! Mommy genious!!
Beth– yes, that’s The Teenager. Who sounds LIKE A MAN. It’s so sad. And weird.
I so needed that right now! Hilarious!!!!
Holy moly, that’s good stuff. I just laughed my tail off.
That was hilarious! I too kept blinking with my lips while watching the video.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who was compelled to blink along with her.
That is so cute!
LOL I love how the whole family gets into it.
Aww I just got the speakers replaced on my computer and have been saving this link to watch and it’s gone already!
Oh nevermind! It’s back and it’s wonderful! Good job 🙂
That was hilarious! What a sweetheart! Love the competitive spirit.
smart mom!
I think that game would give me a headache!
She is too cute! I love this! I love how her whole face moves, as though she’s concentrating really hard to beat you. 🙂
That is too funny! Awesome. She’s trying SO hard =)
She’s so stinkin’ cute. I love it … too funny.
i love the part in the middle where she’s not actually blinking, but just moving her mouth. it reminds me of how, for some unknown reason, i have to open my mouth really wide when i put on my mascara.
she is too adorable.
Oh! The earnest concentration she shows whilst trying to blink fast! This made me laugh and it made my heart hurt just a little, too. Those early years are so precious…when little things take on huge importance. Things like blinking fast. I miss my kids’ early childhood. I really do.
Last weekend my husband, daughter, son & I were in the car for a 5hr trip. My 9yr old son is bored and whiny about the entire thing….you get the picture. So in response to his semi tantrum I start talking and answering everything in my best parrot voice. You know the “Polly wanna cracker” voice! Before long everyone in the car was laughing and begging for more Polly.
It’s amazing what a little ingenuity can do.
Cute video…………
The video! Yay! Now I can look at it forever and ever!
She is just adorable. 🙂
I’ve got to put that trick into my arsenal. Bless you!
Hilarious! I love how she tries to get her fingers to help her blink. So funny! Thanks for sharing.
That was so awesome. Thank you for the laugh! 🙂
She could not have been any cuter!
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