The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The Good:

• When leaving her babysitters house (when we had an ice storm the night before) Elle asked, “Who put the ice on the floor?” She has the most confused look on her face. It was priceless.
• Today while waiting in the car to Joe to run into a store she said, “My dad is goofy. I enjoy him.”
• “Please make the commercials be over.” Her entire TV experience up to this point has been PBS or Playhouse Disney.
• She is getting the concept of using the word “please” to help get what she wants. Lately the phrase “PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE” is used when she desires anything.

The Bad:

• Lately Elle has been a tad emotional. She gets worked up about the littlest things. Random things. Like tonight, Elle wanted to get into the container of grapes on the table. But I had told her multiple times to stay out of the grapes. Joe caught her in the act of sneaking grapes so he told her no & removed her from the container. She instantly burst into tears. Once she calmed down enough to talk she informed Joe that he hurt her feelings.
• This goes along with being emotional, but lately she begs & pleads to hold my hand when we are in the car. It’s pretty ridiculous but I keep reminding myself that before I know it she will not want to show me any affection.

The Ugly:

• Nearly every time we have to reprimand her about anything she gets all worked up & says, “DON’T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!” Trust me, you don’t want to know what happens after that. It isn’t pretty.