Impertinent Chastening?

Erin, almost 12 I might add,called down the stairs at 10:05 PM and sang, "Someone come tuck me in!"

I was just finishing the last blog entry, so I hit PUBLISH and then trotted upstairs.

I threw the covers on her, and then gave her a couple of good thumps on her back.

'Why did you do that?' she asked.

'Um, because you're solid like a brick wall!'

I told her good night, and patted her arm.

She rolled her big blues and said,

"A HUG Dad! I'm your kid, not a brick wall!"