This really did happen...a mothering time warp

Well, usually, I am the kind of mother that tries to joke and laugh with my kids, to work with them and encourage them....or at least I like to think I am, LOL. But this morning, I warped and it was so funny when Ashley called my attention to it.
I can see my vegetable garden from my kitchen window, and I had asked the boys to go and pick squash while I cooked breakfast....I should have realized the flaw in my plan right there! But no.
So, Levi (my 9 year old) is casually strolling along the squash row, every once in a while touching a leaf and letting his big brother do most of the squash picking. I thought that I needed to give him a bit of positive encouragement, so when I saw him finally find a squash, I yell out to him that he was doing a good job and keep up the good work. That might have worked, if I would not have looked out the window again in about 5 minutes. By this time, I had already had a conversation with myself in my head about how I needed to work with Levi on his work ethic, but, of course, this conversation was only with myself....and my daughter, Ashley, who was sitting at the bar, didn't hear any of this. So, when I finished with myself, somewhere between the hashbrowns and the eggs, I glanced out the window again....Oh, fateful moment!
I then proceeded to yell out the window "Levi, get your bottom away from the cherry tomatoes and over to the squash!"
Ashley started to laugh a bit uncontrollably and when I inquired as to why she was laughing, she said one minute I am saying to Levi, good job and the next yelling, get over and pick that gull durn squash!
So, there you have it, I entered the "mothering time warp" and it was all perfectly logical to me, I just didn't bother to let anyone else in on it!