My friend (mom) had told the kids no more toys. You have enough, you’ve been awful, wait for whatever holiday. They go off with dad. When they come home, the oldest rushes in to show mom his new stuffed animal.
She looks pointedly at dad but asks the kid “Oh, where’d you get that?”
The kid clearly realizes he wasn’t supposed to tell mom and his tiny brain tries to come up with an answer that doesn’t sellout the guy who just bought him the toy.
“I made it!”
Kids aren’t smart.