You will join me for dinner

How does one not laugh at the ridiculous things a child says? My 3 year old is hilarious. He just doesn't know it.

Just now he yelled at me from the bathroom. "You will join me for dinner". We've been working on potty training for what seems like forever. I'd like to say he's potty trained but we still have to remind him to go pee. This statement was his defiance to having to go to the bathroom.

This isn't the first time he's said it either. Took me months to figure out what he was meaning.

Clearly, dinner is a punishment or maybe it's just my cooking?

We don't force him to sit at the table, so it's not like we are yelling that at him. Where does this come from? He's always coming up with crazy things. Usually from his favourite show, Paw Patrol. This one I couldn't place. 

Finally, it clicked. My favourite Disney movie! Beauty and the Beast. The Beast says this to Belle when she first gets to the castle. Cooper picked up on the angry voice but not the actual words the Beast is saying. Maybe this just means he's watching this movie too often? Naw, it's a classic.

So, Cooper, I will gladly join you for dinner. Are you cooking? Because I'm beat.

-The Cooped up Mom