Do you know what this face is? This is NikkiZ’s I’m-Doing-Something-I-Shouldn’t-Be Face. For example, if she smacked LilZ in the face and then I say, “Did you just hit LilZ?” She’ll make this face and say, “Yeah.” Or she’ll make it as she’s saying something she know she shouldn’t be. I asked her to give me a kiss and she made this face and said, “I don’t wanna give you a kiss.” Or the best was when she made this face as she muttered the word “Dammit” under her breath.
It’s a dead giveaway if we’re unsure if she knows something is wrong or not. If we’re not sure if she’s aware of what she did - this face tells us, “Yes. She’s aware. And also evil.” We think this face is her attempt to distract us with cuteness. Hypnotize us with her adorableness so that we don’t punish her. Something like that.
However, as much as the face strikes fear in our hearts, it also comes in very handy as her tell. I asked her the other day if she needed to go potty and she made this face and said, “No.” Which prompted me to immediately ask, “Did you go potty already? In your panties?” At which time she made the face again and said, “Yeah.”
If she keeps this up, finding out when she’s 17 that she’s been sneaking out to see that good-for-nothing boyfriend we banned her from seeing will be easy. Although I’m betting she’ll hone her deceptive skills by then.
LOL! What a great shot. My oldest gets this (it’s hard to explain) puppy dog eye look when she’s not telling the truth. You’ve got a smart one on your hands there. I think she’ll be keeping you on your toes. What a cutie!
Uh oh. If that’s her naughty face, you guys are doomed.
How cute a face it is too! I find it slightly amusing personally! I can certainly see how you would have your work cut out for you while trying to discipline with that face looking back at you. Who knows, maybe that will never change until she’s out of the house and your teenage years will be easy!
You guys are in trouble. LOL that is an adorable face. What was she doing in the picture that caused her to make it?
HA HA HA!!! That is too funny. My sister had a tell like that when she was little also. She would kind of smirk and you knew right away that she was up to something. Awesome.
Hahaha! That is hilarious. I love that young children don’t really understand “lying” yet… it makes the lies easy to spot!
When I was little, I was a typical bad lier. I couldn’t look you in the eye if I was trying to deceive you. But, I learned. Hopefully she wont
I love that the face is so crazy. She doesn’t just smile and bat her eyes. Oh no. She’s almost winking at you, like, “Hey, let’s keep this between you and me, m’kay?”
That is hilarious. and adorable. Lucky you she comes with a tell. So what was she doing that caused her to make that face?
Evil maybe, but oh so cute.
That’s hilarious. It slays me when kids not only curse, but do it appropriately. I’d say she knows exactly what she’s doing, and is just hoping if she looks confused enough you’ll think she had nothing to do with it.
my son, now 10, used to make that face (when he was 3-5) all the time for the same reason. he’s since stopped using the face, but I can still see a flicker across his face when he’s keeping something from me.
Ah, but the cute. How do yiu live with the cute?
My husband’s 10 year old sticks her tongue into her cheek inside her mouth when she’s lying. It’s so obvious it’s laughable.
Oh my gosh. I can’t stop looking at her and giggling under my breath. That is adorable, yet undoubtedly horrifying for you to see. Ha.
Awww, I can totally see how she tries to distract with the cuteness! Even if she hones her deceptive skills by the time she’s a teen, she’ll form other faces/habits/mannerisms that will give her away!
I think I do something similar and I’m in my mid-somethings!
I know I shouldn’t laugh, but I can’t help it.. She’s too adorable.
haha
I love it. “Yes. She’s aware. And also evil.” heeheehee