Candyland battle
Last night I spent 40 minutes sitting on the floor waiting for Zora to pick up the Candyland cards she threw on the floor. (Zane was playing with them, she got mad and angerly pulled a good chunk of them on the floor). In that 40 minutes I saw her try the “puppy dog/I’m too dang cute to clean” look, try to run away (multiple times), stamp her feet at me, pout, cry (ranging from pitiful to really, really ticked off), a few attempts at hitting an biting (which I shut down immediately), one attempt at the “broken arm” strategy (after a temper tantrum, she came up cradling her arm like she had broken it), and multiple tries of “oh, look, a star/gumdrop/ice cream cone “let’s distract mommy”, ect on the card. Finally, she started picking them up like it was her idea all along, complete with hand clapping and cheers after each handful of cards.
I can not believe it took 40 minutes. I was so glad to see her finally start picking up the #$(%)$*@#& cards because I was pretty sick of the battle of wills, but I was actually more happy to see her extraordinary tenacity and the incredible depth of communication/manipulation tools she had. It was a marvel to watch. It was hard to keep a stern/neutral “mommy face” on while she pulled new trick after new trick out of her bag. She is amazing. I can’t believe how easy it comes for her.
she’s amazing! and so are you for lasting for 40 minutes without yelling at her LOL!
Your dad and I can believe her tenacity and bag o’ tricks.
You used to test our ‘mommy/daddy face’ ability too.
Yes, we believe it!
It all sounds soooo familiar. <grin>
Good memories, Sunshine.
Mom/Gramma
Kudos to you for sticking with it. LOL
So cute, so long as I’m not the one sitting there for 40 minutes. I’m very impressed with her bag of tricks and your patience.