Liar Liar Pants on Fire

Just so this isn't another picture free post.. here is another picture from Abi's photo shoot a few weeks ago.

So, on to the story.
Abi and I were not getting along tonight. She wasn't listening to anything I said to her. She wouldn't do anything I told her to do. I was crankier than usual. We were both tired. None of this mixes well. I was mean mom.
So, I decided that tonight was the night she needed an early bedtime. I put her in bed and tried to rub her back. This will usually work after a few minutes of struggle. Not so.
Finally Doug came in and I told him to put her to sleep and went downstairs. A few minutes later he came down and told me she was fast asleep.
"How?" I asked. She does fall asleep quickly once she stops fighting it but it's usually me that gets that done.
"I counted to 200."
This is a trick that worked once.
I was finally at ease, able to relax. I was working on some trip plans and see movement out of the corner of my eye. In comes Abi still in her pj's but with a tutu on and a headband on her head hippie style.
I brought her up to show Doug that she tricked him-she does this sometimes and he didn't believe me when I told him that once.
So, he calls her a little trickster and I take her into her room. She is playing with her Little People. I told her she was supposed to be asleep since by this time it is a half hour past her real bedtime. She says,
"But daddy said I could play with them."
"Really? He told me you were asleep."
She gave me a sheepish grin.
So I came to our room with her following behind.
"So, Doug. Did you lie to me when you said Abi was asleep?"
At this point Abi busts up laughing in the hallway and Doug starts chuckling.
"Is that her?"
"She told on you."
"Yes." he admitted.