Excuses Already

Last night Lillian was extra whiney, so I had to take her away from people and put her in time out. I was trying to explain to her how she was behaving badly and how I expected her to behave. She started throwing excuses at me;
"I'm afraid!"
"of what?"
"Afraid of thunder!"
"There is no thunder"
"Afraid of lightning!"
"There is no lightning"
"Afraid of RAIN!!!"
"THERE IS NO RAIN! You should be afraid of me!!!!"
"Afraid of you?"
"Yes, because I'm on the verge of spanking you for giving me excuses"

Then today I told her not to step on the clothes that were on the floor getting ready to be washed (she had her big cowboy boots on)
She looks at me and says, "Afraid of airplane"... the airplane had gone by over 5 minutes ago! I told her, "Instead of giving me and excuse, why can't you just say, 'Okay Mommy, I'm sorry'? ARE you sorry?"
"NOPE"

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Then I asked her if she wanted a turkey sandwich for dinner. She said, "Yes, and Micky Mouse cereal" (this is what she calls Rice Krispies since he's on the box this month) I told her, "You've already had three bowls today." Right away she shot back with, "No! Only two!" And she was right.... she did only have two bowls today. Smart kid. Not only can she count, she now knows what the numbers actually mean.

Oh, and last night in her prayer she thanked God for "dinosaurs" and "Yo Gabba Gabba" >_<