It was half-past bed time and the soon-to-be 4-year-old is still bargaining with us…

“It’s time for bath…now.”

“But Mommy I’m 16 tired.”

“16 tired?  On a scale of 1 to 16, you’re 16 tired?”

“Yes, and I can’t walk.  I want you to carry me.”

“Sweetie, you’re too big for Mommy to carry you upstairs.”

“But Mommy I’m 16 tired…I’m so so so tired.”

Yeah, just wait until you’re 40-with-a-preschooler-and-the-kid’s-birthday party-is-this-Saturday-and-I-haven’t-done-a-thing tired.