“What? Daddy, that’s not in there!” She glared at him as he stared down at the list in mock-surprise.
“It’s not? It should be!”
She rolled her eyes at him. Little brat.
“Fine. I won’t put that in there. But you can feel free to call me that whenever you like.”
“Thank you, Daddy. I’ll keep that in mind,” she said dryly.
“No doing anything that might put you in danger.”
“That seems rather vague.”
“Well, I couldn’t put down every example. But anything that might put you at risk is a no. Understand?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“No panties unless Daddy puts them on you or grants permission.”
She huffed out a breath but there was no real protest.
“Bedtime is nine-thirty.”
“Nine-thirty!” she exclaimed. “But I can read in bed, right?”
“No way. Doc said no devices right before sleep.”
“I’ll get some paperbacks then.”
“Nope.”
“But what will I do? I can’t go to sleep at nine-thirty.”
“I can think of one or two things.” He gave her a pointed look.
She blushed at his pointed look. “Oh.”
Oh? Was that all she had to say? She was so cute sometimes.
“Now, in this notebook, I figured you might want to keep track of what you eat and when. We could leave it in the kitchen. What do you think?”
“I guess it would be a good idea. What if I forget to do it or write it down, though?”
“Well, I guess that depends on you. If you want my help, I can do that. But this is up to you. I want to help you be as healthy as possible because I don’t like the idea of my baby ill or injured. Why don’t we see how things go first, okay? When you’re in Little h
eadspace, I’ll take more responsibility, but you need to tell me if something I’m doing is wrong or if you feel unwell. That’s very important So I figure this will help me too.”
“Okay, Daddy. That makes sense.”
He wrote out breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as three snacks on the first page, leaving room for her to write next to each heading.
“You sure do love being organized, Daddy,” she told him. Then she wrinkled her nose adorably as she saw what was going on the top of the next whiteboard.
Mari’s Naughty Girl Chart.
“Daddy, we really don’t need that.”
“Oh, I think we do. This will help Daddy keep track of your behavior so he doesn’t miss anything. Each evening we can count up how many ticks you have. I don’t want to wait until the end of the week. I have a feeling there could be quite a few on there by then.”