Little Miss has become quite the disciplinarian. I am constantly being threatened with all kinds of extreme punishments for what I would consider to be minor infractions. Luckily for me I am used to walking around on egg shells in fear of my very being for making a misstep.

Others in the extended family circle however are not used to living under such intense scrutiny and the pressure is beginning to show. Here are some of the recent orders and penalties as pronounced by the toddler:

‘Poppy do that again and you are going straight home!’

‘I am going to use my magic wand to magic you back to your place and you will never be able to come back again’ - for a so far indeterminate infraction.

‘I am going to smack you on your bottom daddy - you are a silly duffle (I think she meant differ)’ - Apparently I am not as funky a dancer as I thought I was.

‘If you are naughty I will smack your head and break your bones and you will cry really big tears’ - fair warning I say.

I pass no comment as to where this adherence to doing things a certain ways come from, let alone the disciplinarian manner