Apologies to a Puzzle

Here's another one for the "you really had to be there" file...

We were at my folks house not too long ago, and Chris was up to no good. He'd been pretty cranky all day, but the final straw had officially been reached and he'd completely lost control. He absolutely refused to sit still, wouldn't pick up his toys, and was generally being a typical two-year-old (shocking!).

In an effort to calm Chris down, my mom offered him a small 4-piece puzzle...the type you might find in The Dollar Spot of your local Target store. Instead of graciously accepting said puzzle with a nice, "Thank you Grandma," Chris proceeded to throw the puzzle to the ground and stomp away.

In what can only be described as a "Why the hell would anyone say THAT?" moment, I chased him down and grabbed him only to follow up with the following:

In the most stern and angry-sounding voice I could manage (I was already laughing pretty hard at his complete inability to be rational), I said, "Grandma was very nice to give you that puzzle, and you just threw it on the ground. Now you go APOLOGIZE TO THAT PUZZLE RIGHT NOW!" At this point the entire family lost their capacity to maintain straight faces. The room erupted, and I darn near dropped Chris as I was laughing so hard. Tears streaming down my face, I attempted to regain my composure and lecture the demon-child.

But the damage was done... Chris now knew that we couldn't keep ourselves together, and proceeded to pick the puzzle up only to throw it down once more for comedic effect. This went on for a good five minutes before we finally just picked the damn thing up ourselves and went on our merry way.

Again, you really had to be there. Still, it's yet another notch for the "I can't believe I just said that" column.