Sometimes Stella can get a little over-tired near bed time if she's had an exhausting day. This leads to irrational behavior. You parents all know what I'm talking about.On this particular evening, Stella decided to have a meltdown as she prepared to go to bed. She was inconsolable about... whatever, and there was nothing we could do to appease her. At this point, she was pissed off at me so the only person she wanted to talk to was Lisa.
Stella sobbed and screamed and tried to explain to Lisa why she was so upset. But Stella got it into her head that Lisa was talking to her in a funny voice (she wasn't). No matter what Lisa did, every time she spoke, Stella would scream "Talk in your normal voice" and would get even more upset. Over and over again Lisa would try to speak to her to calm her down but all Stella would do was scream louder about using a normal voice.
At this point I was rolling on the floor (I know I shouldn't).
Eventually a time-out was invoked to defuse the situation and peace eventually returned to the household.
Luckily there hasn't been a repeat of the "normal voice" episode. But boy do kids get wacky when they haven't had enough sleep.
