The power of the truth

This week our sweet 4 year old litle girl has really begun telling bold faced lies to us. I know it's age appropriate to do this and to begin learning the power of telling the truth but I may have to kill her. We have already had two alks in the past 3 days about telling mommy the truth even if she thinks she'll get in trouble or even if she doesn't like it. So far the lies have been about things she wanted so she told a story about them. But I am treating them like a big lie so maybe we can nip this thing before it gets too out of hand. Ah the fun times in parenting! :)