BLUFF

After I wrote that glowing post about how my little girl has been so wonderful and bla bla bla, it all fell apart. She has been a real pill lately. I was starting to think I was losing my mind, but my mother confirmed that she was being and A1 PITA. When she annoys my mom, I know that I am being reasonable.

So today, Mr. T. went to race his car, which left me with two kids pretty early. I won't go into the stuff that she did before Jen called to see if we wanted to go to the zoo. Let's just say that we were painting, and she needed to change her clothes. Well, after a half hour, she was still running around naked. I told her that I was going to tell her one more time to put some clothes on, and, of course, she ignored me. So, when time came to go to the zoo, I grabbed her hand and told her we were going. She was pretty upset because I wouldn't let her stop to put clothes on. I loaded her into the minivan in all her glory. She was crying and telling me she had to potty (she didn't). She cried most of the way to the zoo. The rest of the time she had a zoned out look on her face. When we got there, I handed her her clothes that I had hidden in my purse. Jen met me and dressed her while I got Baby P ready.

Hopefully, it sank in. Who knows! She ran across the parking lot right after we got her dressed, but I think she was really excited to see Madeline.

I can tell you, it really brightened my mood. I hate these stupid little power struggles. I hate telling my child a million times to do something. I hate feeling like I want to spank her REALLY HARD. Staying home from the zoo was not an option. She would have run around and getting into everything while not listening. I would have ended up being really upset at her and Mr. T.

now she is soundly sleeping because I bribed her.