aidan & landen were apparently fighting over some sort of bright, shiny object they both felt they must have or surely they would never live to see another day. the following details are a little fuzzy, but from what was discerned by the semi-observing adults one of the boys let go of said shiny object (that would have been my son). at that point, landen's pulling momentum continued and the toy bonked him firmly on the head (a boo-boo pack was needed). once landen regained his composure casey approached him and the conversation went something like this:
casey: you okay landen?
landen: yeah, i okay casey
casey: what happened? aidan hit you?
landen: yeah, aidan hit me
casey: aidan needs a time out
landen: yeah, aidan needs a time out
landen: yeah aidan, you go to time out
casey then takes one of aidan's hands, landen takes the other. they lead him to what they deem the naughty corner chastising him during the entire 5-foot walk of shame. they leave him in the corner and go sit on the couch to stare at him--all the while still reprimanding him for hitting ("aidan, you no hit. you in time out. no aidan. you stay there." etc.) aidan just stood there staring at them (taking his sentence like a man). at some point aidan started to get antsy. the vigilantes noticed and yelled "no aidan, you in time out!". somewhere about the same time aidan realized that, not only were casey & landen staring him down, there was a whole table full of adults (stifling giggles) also looking on. then the tears started and john jumped in to rescue him telling him he wasn't in time out anymore.
if the embarrassment of being punished by your peers doesn't get you to stop misbehaving, i don't know what will. fingers crossed.
