Daddy: "(Bruce Lee) what are you doing in the cupboard?"

"I want a cookie."

Daddy: "No buddy, no cookies. Supper will be ready soon."

"No Daddy I need a cookie."

Daddy: "(Bruce Lee) NO cookies. Not before supper. I said NO."

Pause ....

"Mommy said it."

It took us a while to figure out exactly what this meant. We've discovered that he is saying "Mommy said it" to try to convince Daddy that I said he could have a cookie. He does this when I'm in the room. When I am right there and able to stand stunned and eventually respond with "no I did not say it!"

He does this with things other than food.

For example ...

Mommy: "Hey baby, no more Yo Gabba Gabba, it's bathtime!!!"

"Watch Yo Gabba Gabba for a minute ... no bath for a minute."

Mommy: "Yeeeah ... no. Bathtime. No more Yo Gabba Gabba."

"No."

Mommy: "Yes"

"Daddy said it."

You see how this is a problem. He's two and a half and he's a compulsive liar. And he doesn't even deny it. His honest and straightforward response to "are you lying?" is "yes!"

And in the car ...

"Daddy turn up music please turn up louder."

Daddy: "No it's loud enough."

"Daddy turn up please turn up louder"

Daddy: "I said no, stop talking and you'll be able to hear the music."

"No, Mommy said it."

Mommy (who is in the front seat and who has been quite silent and most certainly did NOT say "it") turns and says, "I didn't say anything (Bruce Lee) stop lying."

Bruce Lee closes his eyes - which is his way of ignoring someone or ignoring what any person in authority has to say - and starts humming along to the music.

Apparently the music was loud enough all along.