Mom, remember when...

I can't remember exactly how old I was when this story took place, I'm pretty sure I was younger than 5. In the kitchen in the house across the street at the far end of the room there is little indented space where the washer and dryer sit. Above the washer and dryer are two shelves. Growing up mom kept a variety of items on these shelves. One item in particular was a spray bottle of plant food (if memory serves me correctly). Now back in the day mom and dad would leave us kids home with Sarah to babysit us. On one such occasion one of us kids climbed up to the shelf and got down said spray bottle of plant food. Somehow when mom got home she knew that someone had been playing with it. It was either put away/left in a different place or somehow moved so that mom knew. But then again moms know everything, right? When mom questioned us children as to who had been using/playing with said plant spray everyone denied any knowledge of this. We all claimed innocent of the crime. So we were all sent to our room until the person who had committed the crime came forward and told the truth. So here we are us four girls in our bedroom still all proclaiming our innocence. Somehow Sarah, Alisha and Amber convinced me that even though I had not played with said plant spray that it would be better for everyone if I told mom that It was me. I succumbed to peer pressure and gave a false confession to my mother. I was punished by time out standing in the corner. To this day the three sisters still proclaim their innocence, but I know that I was not the one that committed the crime, I did the time for whoever really was in the wrong. Now to bring this story into present day. Our two girls are 16 months apart, they do a lot of similar things and have some similar bad habits. One of them is lying. Now if they are caught lying they have to stand in the corner for as many minutes as how old they are. Then we talk to them about lying. Today I was cleaning the downstairs bathroom and noticed that there were cookie crumbs by the toilet. A few days ago I found cookie crumbs on and in the cracks of the couch. A daughter confessed to this so no time out was served just a reminder that we only eat in the kitchen. I have OCD about dumb things and food crumbs lying around are one of my issues. So this evening when we were all home getting ready for dinner I asked the girls who had been eating cookies in the bathroom. Neither girl fessed up. So into the corner they went. Now I hope you all don't think that I am a bad mom and made a big deal over some cookie crumbs, there have been a lot of little things that have led up to them standing in the corner. Anyway I told them they could both stand in the corner until someone decided to tell the truth. After 20 minutes both girls still denied knowing anything about cookies in the bathroom. So David talked with each of them individually. I guess we will be having a Family Home Evening lesson on honesty. This experience tonight in my home reminded me of the past experience. I know realize that mom didn't have eyes in the back of her head like I thought growing up, she was just really attentive to us and the things that went on in our home. Our girls have yet to realize that as parents we know more than they think we do. I want our children to grow up understanding the importance of honesty. By the way one of you sisters still owe me an apology and I think you should have to stand in the corner for as long as I had to :)