JUNE: (sitting in the back seat after 5 minutes of silence) " what if.. what if something... as tiny as my fingernail- just floated into the sky ?" ( me and Marie : " huh ? like what ?" Junie : " what if it was... icecream! REal icecream, and you could EAT it and it just floated down from the sky".
me - waiting for more conversation about this but....... All I heard was a satisfied sigh from the back seat as the two children contemplated this thought of little bits of REAL ice cream floating around the world.
MARIE: Has learned the art of successful negotiation; and the art of talking about - and explaining shades of gray.
At the park today when we had to go and I told them- 'time to pack it up kids" Marie worked out an acceptable deal to stay longer. The conditions were : 1. she couldn't go past the big slide ( we were in a huge park and I wanted to see them). 2. and when it was time to go again in 15 minutes they had to both say ok, and come along nicely no asking for more time and no dilly dallying. So ! the 15 minutes (really half an hour) run out and time to go, and they both say "ok" sweetly then scurry under the slide to play with sand. ANd I say "come on, remember yr promise to walk off nicely with me," and walk off. Children remain in sand... I say "come on, time to go" a few more times as I am leaving. Then, come back saying " I am going to pick you up and carry you, this is not the way we should leave the park.." and " I am not very happy that you guys did not keep yr promise".
I get there. I pick up Marie telling her I am not happy. She says she'll walk now, and when released walks along nicely. June comes when she sees obedient elder sister. And.... then, Marie starts putting a SPIN on the situation. Saying," I was looking for my shoes mommy" ( to explain why she was not originally walking toward me, which was a nice try but lacking in truth and I tell her so..) And then " well, mama " she starts in rebuttal to my comment that she failed to keep her promise and I am grouchy about that "well, we halfway kept the promise because we did walk nicely." ( Me- " after I picked you up, so you didnt come nicely I had to get you". ).
I get there. I pick up Marie telling her I am not happy. She says she'll walk now, and when released walks along nicely. June comes when she sees obedient elder sister. And.... then, Marie starts putting a SPIN on the situation. Saying," I was looking for my shoes mommy" ( to explain why she was not originally walking toward me, which was a nice try but lacking in truth and I tell her so..) And then " well, mama " she starts in rebuttal to my comment that she failed to keep her promise and I am grouchy about that "well, we halfway kept the promise because we did walk nicely." ( Me- " after I picked you up, so you didnt come nicely I had to get you". ).
Marie- " well, we kept part of our promise since we walked partway!".
Me : " That you did".
Me " I feel less grouchy now'.
and........... for some reason on the way home we made a little detour and got creampuffs for all. shhhhhhh.... :)
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