"Nuffing"

When you have an oversized head, big brown eyes with long lashes, and the most scrumptious squishable cheeks on the planet, you might think you can get away with anything. 

Recently Sophia came upstairs from the basement sporting two long brown streaks on either side of her mouth.  She also had a wonderful chocolate aroma wafting around her.  I asked her what she'd been doing and she innocently said, "Nuffing."  I asked her if she had been in the basement to which she answered in the affirmative.  When I asked her what she'd been doing in the basement she said, "Nuffing."  I asked her if she'd been in the cold room and she said she had.  When I asked her what she'd been doing in the cold room she said, "Nuffing."  At this point I had to remind Jacob, who looked ready to burst out laughing, that we couldn't laugh at her or she'd never realize she'd done something wrong.  I was wanting to smile and laugh myself to be honest because her chubby chocolate face was just so cute.  Finally I asked her what she'd been eating and she said, "Nuffing."  I asked her if there was a mess in the cold room to which she finally answered very honestly, "No, there's no mess.  I ate them off the floor."  I was still holding myself back from laughing at this point.  I asked her if she'd been eating chocolate chips in the cold room and she finally confessed that she had.  We talked about our family rule about not eating treats without permission and then I moved the chocolate chips to a very high place on the storage shelves.

As we got ready for bed a little later I told her while brushing her teeth, "We need to brush really well tonight.  You've got some yucky stuff in your teeth."  She didn't say it was "nuffing" this time.  This time she simply and honestly said, "That's because I was eating chocolate."