when he tells his mother no...

The ceremonial mowing went well. Cutting the grass is always nice because you often get time to think, as there is pretty much nothing else going on. So here are a few of my thoughts...

...I now say "cutting the grass" instead of "mowing the lawn", thanks lehigh valley.
...We need to do something about all these trees.
...I hope we have a boy first. Still working on names for the boy by the way, but if it is a girl it will be named Amaris.
...I had more thoughts then I am currently posting but I am just too excited about the last one...

...one day, if we have a little boy, or girl for that matter, he is going to tell Jocelyn, "No" to cutting the grass. So I thought about what a few of those scenarios would like...

"No" twice
Jocelyn asks son again, "You need to cut the grass (or mow the lawn)" and he responds "No" again. Jocelyn lets the son know their will be consequences such as no this or that and yadadada and he complies. Lawn mowed.

"Wait till Dad gets home"
Jocelyn lets him know that the consequences will be life threatening. He "understands". Lawn mowed.

Grandma's house
Son rides his bike to Nani's house because he is trying to avoid cutting the grass. Nani skillfully determines the reason for his arrival and not only sends him back to cut my grass, but her own as well. Nani is good. Lawn mowed.

"No" one too many times
Jocelyn gets sick of the "No's" and due to some extenuating circumstance decides she needs to mow the lawn because it is a must right then. I am coming home and notice Jocelyn is cutting the grass. I ask her to stop. She stops. Son hides when he sees dad come out of the car. I find son.
I say something along the lines of, "if I ever, ever, ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever, see mom home cutting the grass while you are home, it will be the end of your life. I do not just mean your social life--the end of your life. And after setting him straight, I do go onto tell him the reasons Why he should never let his mom cut the grass. She is awesome, his mother, caring for her, being part "man" of the house, and so on. He develops a better understanding of "Why" as well as developing a healthy fear of the real man of the house and complies.

Grass is cut.