That's My Girl

Here are some more funnies, that I don't think I've shared, from Sweet Pea.

1. One day we were at the park and there was a yard crew taking a break at the picnic tables. Some of them were eating and some were taking a siesta in the shade. As we walk past, Sweet Pea asks loudly, "Are they from America?". Yikes.

2. I actually yelled at her the other day, "Quit putting your finger in your sister's mouth and making milk come out of her nose".

3. One day she was talking about boys and I told her that boys have cooties. She says, "Oh, is that what hangs down under their bottom?". My response? "Yes, it is and it has cooties, so stay away from it". You think I've scarred her for life yet?

4. Earlier she was playing with Peanut and told her, "Don't take your nose off. Put that nose right back on".

5. Today Daddy was watching a show on how they build military air crafts, while us girls just sat around, staring at the baby and trying to get her to smile. Sweet Pea needed to potty and asked if we would pause the show. This struck me as odd because of the nature of the show and the fact she hadn't paid that much attention to it. Daddy told her he couldn't pause it because he was recording it for Uncle Micah. She responded with, "No, not that show. The Peanut show". She truly doesn't want to miss a thing!

In other not so funny news, Sweet Pea has been a bit of a toot lately. She has been taking advantage of her "unsupervised" time and is getting into things. We have never put locks on anything other than one cabinet with poisons and cleaners in it. Even when she was an infant, she knew to stay out of stuff. Now that she's almost four, I came pretty close to breaking out ALL of the child locks this week.

One afternoon she came parading through the office with a tiara on. As she came over to tell me hi, I smelled something. Under the tiara was something gooey. When I asked her what it was, she answered proudly, "sunscreen". Luckily it was hand lotion that washed out easily. She did get her first ever, hard spanking as I was putting her into the bath. She was crying and exclaimed, "That hurt!". I don't think we have ever really had to spank her hard. Usually just a pat will upset her enough. After that she was on best behavior for a while.

We have had many, many long discussions about good choices versus bad choices and how to see the consequences for our choices. I think she got it when she told me that Daddy made a bad choice, by cutting up her hot dog at lunch the other day.

After cleaning up the mess of water from the a/c accident the other day, she was in the bath. I went in the bedroom for a few minutes and heard water spilling again. I ran in to find her dumping cup fulls of water all over the bathroom floor. I didn't spank her this time because I knew it would be strictly out of anger. Instead we talked about what happened and why she did it. She said she thought it would be fun, but it wasn't now. By the look on her face I could tell she was humiliated and hurt that she upset me. While this is something I would never wish upon one of my children, I am so glad to see that side of her. Too many kids these days don't respond to other's feelings and many don't even respond to a spanking or other form of discipline. To know that she is sad by just knowing she hurt or upset me, shows deep into her heart. She has empathy and for that I am so thankful.

The last few days have gotten better. She has told Daddy and I "I love you" many, many times. She is trying to do what is right and often we just have to tell her to think about what the good choice is and she will pick it. I know a lot of this acting out is her age and a lot of it is the adjustments to being a big sister, but I will be glad when this passes.