Buttons

I know our kids all have buttons and that their siblings LOVE to push those buttons. A few days ago was a day Claire pretty much had her "button" blinking on her forehead and Hallie was pushing away.

Claire found out Hallie had a secret, most likely from Hallie taunting her by saying, "I have a secret."
Claire exclaims, "HALLIE, TELL ME YOUR SECRET."
Hallie: "NO, I can’t...it's a secret"
Claire: "Mom, are you supposed to tell secrets?"
Me: "Well, that depends."
Zeb: "If it's a bad secret then you should tell."
Claire: (not happy about our answers) "Hallie tell me your secret."
"Who did you tell your secret to? Did you tell Anna?
Hallie: Thinking that that sounded good and helped her story said, "Yes, I told Anna."
Claire: "Tell me what it is."
Hallie: "I can’t."
Claire: "Hallie, if you won’t tell me your secret I won’t tell you mine."
Hallie: "No, I can’t."
Claire: (trying really hard at this point) "But Hallie, I have a lot of secrets."
Hallie: "I have forty!"
Claire: "I have a hundred and sixty serven infinity." (Where did they get these numbers?"
Hallie: "I have forty!"
Claire: "You have less than I do. I will tell you a very special secret if you tell me yours." (My questions is, can you really have more or less when they aren't real to begin with?)
Hallie: "Okay, I’ll tell you,"
“You put the ball in the hole.”
Claire: (Completely shocked) "That’t not a secret! A secret is like telling someone you are going to Disneyland with them, not that a ball goes in a basket. That’s not a secret."
Since Hallie's secret did not meet Claire's standards she did not tell Hallie one of her "special ones," although I would like to know what they are.

Zeb and I were dying as we listened to this conversation. It was SO classic of the two of them. I love that Claire wanted to know so bad and finally got Hallie with "I'll tell you a SPECIAL secret." The best part was Hallie's so called secret. Claire's reaction was great. She was completely exasperated. Man it was funny.