Lying

Our new thing at home with the younger 2 is lying. Usually, they lie about stuff they've done wrong, but Joanna is also lying about relatively minor stuff. I thought at first that she just wanted to tell me what she thinks should be the "right" answer, but there are times when it wouldn't really matter what she said. Today I got a call from the daycare saying that Joanna's small eye was watering and she said it hurt. They said that children had been throwing sand on the playground and they thought that it had gotten in her eyes. When they asked her about that, she said, "no" but then couldn't say what happened. So, I spoke to her and told her that she's not in trouble, that the teacher just needs to know what happened so that she can help her. I asked again, "were children throwing sand and rocks on the playground?" Answer, "no," question, "did you get sand in your eye?," answer, "no." So, who knows what happened. That's how it is with EVERYTHING you ask Joanna. She's also very sneaky and even when caught red-handed, will lie. Kyle usually lies about more important stuff, such as, "Are your pants wet?," "No," and they are soaked; "Did you wash your hands?," "No," and they are dirty, etc. So, I'm pretty fed up with it. At this rate they will both be in time out until they're 10, no, make that 30! Hopefully, by that time, Kyle will be keeping his pants dry. I don't think wetting his pants will go over well in college.

Calgon, take me away!!!!!