"My other dad told me"

Lately, Henry has come up with a pretty clever rebuttal to us telling him to stop doing something he would rather be doing using whichever parent is not currently in the room.

For example, if its just him and me in the room:

"Henry, let's not drag all of your cars out right now."

"Well, mom told me that I need to play with the cars right now."

or

"Henry, why don't you stop sweeping the floor and come eat your dinner."

"Well, mom told me I need to clean the floor."

Obviously, mom did not tell him to clean OR to drag all of his cars out. But, that is pretty smart. It alternates usually depending on which parent is not around. Anyway, last night was the best one yet. He was in bed for about thirty minutes and then started yelling about something, so I went in his room to see what was going on.

"I want some nuts to eat."

"Buddy, it's bedtime. Time to lie down and go to sleep."

"Well, my dad told me to....(he stopped mid-sentence once he realized he was using the WRONG parent in this instance)....my OTHER dad told me to eat some nuts."

He still has some work to do on his excuse making, but I sure laughed really hard at that one.