I was watching TV last night and heard Allison repeatedly said “you time out!” I turned around and saw Allison sternly pointing her finger at our front door and said “Bad Fo, you time out!” I looked and saw nothing at the door so I had no idea what she’s doing. Suzanne & I were amused but for a sec, I was confused and a bit alarmed thinking that perhaps she has an imaginary friend named Fo or something.

So I got out of the sofa, knelt down next to her and asked what she was doing. Allison looked up with her face remaining serious, and again repeated “time out!” in a stern voice while still pointing at the door. I asked her “who are you timing out?” but again she simply repeated “time out!” This time though, she came closer to and pointed at the bottom of the door. I still saw nothing, so I came for a closer look and couldn’t help but bursted out laughing.

On the floor next to the door was a tiny plastic frog. You see, the corner next to the front door is where we usually time out the girls. So she was playingly disciplining her toy frog and had meant to say “bad frog, you time out!”

The fact that she put on a stern voice & serious face for punishing this little tiny plastic toy of hers was all too funny.