Saturday, April 11, 2009

No love, and plenty of Sass

When my oldest child was a baby, no more than a solid year old, would scream at my husband and I while riding in the car. No she wasn't car sick. No, she decided that every time I put my hand any where near my husbands hand or head she would scream piercing both of our ears. It was a pretty quick way for us to tell if she fell asleep in the car. As she began to talk, she would say "No, my Mom!" or "NO! My Grandma!" She has pretty much out grown the screaming thing when she sees something she doesn't like, the most we get is a random pout, and understand the importance of sharing the people you love. I don't remember my son doing anything of the sort at any age other than push the other parent away when he was cuddling with one or the other. So my youngest child at the age of 3 and a half has now started her screaming fest in a different way. When ever she sees my husband and I hug, or even give each other a peck she screams "NO LOVEY!" and will physically put herself in between my husband and I and grab and drag me away. She always wants me to tuck her in, get her dressed, do her hair, get her food, anything it has to be mom if she has an option. I'm not sure if this is sad or not, with her being my baby, I kind of like that she is so attached to me.
Off the subject, but not entirely, my youngest was trying to sass my mother in law in the car one day. My MIL told her "You don't talk to Grandma that way, it makes her sad" and proceeded to put on a fake sad face to emphasize the reason to not sass her elders. Brie the cheese that she is, says to her "Grandma, Don't be sad! Ooooh! Aaaah! Oooh! Aaaaah!" While doing that she is putting her hand up and down in front of her face like Alex the lion does in Madagascar 2. It's hard to teach children that have a knack for humor!

1 comment:

Karen said...

Oh how I love your little cheese!

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