It was an accident

Behold the new phrase in my house.

"It was an accident..."

• Hit your baby brother with a super ball...it was an accident
• Flood the toilet...it was an accident
• Push a small stuffed boot from your Texas Advent calendar into a small bud vase...that too was an accident
• Wrap your mother's pajama top around your pirate sword and snap the elastic...doh, that was an accident, too
• "Accidentally" punch a kid in class...you got it...simply an accident

I'm trying to teach the difference between a true accident and something you did that was really, really not smart - but was 100% intentional and therefore not an accident.

In TK's world, if you get caught, that qualifies the incident as an accident. That's what we do here, teach 'em young...