While trying to get kids ready for bed last night, my efforts were met with the usual resistance. Milo and Willa were deep in play and Neva was engrossed in a book. But she overheard me telling Bob that I was having no luck getting them to listen.
When I next saw them, Milo was listening intently to Neva tell him all about cartilage in our noses, knees and ears. (Where that came from, I have no idea, but he was enthralled.) "Do you understand, Milo?" she asked.
"Ya!" he answered, nodding with great interest.
"See," Neva said as she turned to me, "he listens to me!"
"Okay, then," I countered. "You get him ready for bed."
Happy sweeping!
Kathleen Gunther
Editor, ContestHound.com
