Off Sides!

"I am not the referee, I do not wear a black and white shirt or carry a whistle. Work it out." I've been known to say this more than a few times to any combination of my children when they come to me hollering "Mooooooom!" or "I'm telling!"

I've caught myself wondering though, what would happen if I did? Just one day I would love to put on the referee outfit carry a whistle and be that character they seem so often to view me as. No Mom word allowed!

I can see myself blowing my whistle and hollering "FOUL!"

"CROSS CHECKING!" - "INTERFERENCE!"-"OUT OF BOUNDS!"- "OFF SIDES!"-"FALSE START!" "UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS!"

I can envision doing all the hand signals and blairing my whistle. I think at first my kids would laugh and think I had lost my mind. Eventually they would get annoyed. Hmmm maybe it could work?

Could be an interesting experiment, and if it extinguished the annoying habit of tattling, how awesome would that be?

I'll have to let you know! :)