Timeout, Mommy

Last Saturday, I was talking to Jamie on the phone and Ellie went into her if-you-don't-give-me-100%-of-your-attention-I'll-pull-everything-out-of-every-drawer-and-every-cabinet-until-you-get-off-the-phone-and-beg-for-mercy mode. After I had blocked her access to the kitchen drawers several times, she had had it! She grabbed me by the hand and said "timeout, Mommy!" She then led me by the hand to the pack 'n play (where I put her for timeouts), saying "timeout, timeout, timeout" and left me standing by it with a final, firm "timeout!" I was just glad that she didn't make me climb in the pack 'n play!