Today we ventured out to Dollywood but it was much better than I expected. We got there early and beat a lot of the crowd. We were also joined with some very good company (give my little shout out); thanks for hanging with us today.
So, we have been attempting to break Sweet Pea from having to go to sleep with mommy and then being moved into her bed. We did what most parents do-we bribed! Our deal was that if she could sleep in her bed for a week, she would get to make all of the decisions for our morning away from home. Obviously, this too was a mistake because I did not discuss it with Pumpkin Pie before making this deal. We get home this afternoon and Pumpkin Pie is in a horrible, grumpy mood. We go through everything that we can think of to drag what is wrong out of her. As we are discussing, she states, "Well [Sweet Pea] gets to do everything she wants to do" (referring to the Dollywood trip) and her dad and I have to go through this long discussion to prove that we do not play favorites. To make a long story short, I thought about what the rest of my life is going to be like with these two children (and hopefully more in the future) and this is a battle that I will face forever. It isn't going to go away when they grow up and I still do the same thing with my brother (I often tell him he is the favorite and gets everything and we are both over 20 years old). It is no wonder that my husband is getting gray hair!!!
On a side note, Pepper has not appeared in my backyard yet! Thank you Jesus!
4 comments:
loved the trip as well...sorry for the screaming kid:) I heard her say that about God being bigger than a giant and thought it was part of the song...that is cool that she put it all together! Had tons of fun and looking forward to next time (hopefully minus the screaming:) )
well, it's just amazing the competetion that goes on among kids that we as parents don't even realize and then their lives formulate around it. and you have to treat eacah child so differently. we played baseball for discipline...3 strikes you are out!! so the 1st time they did it we said no and talked about it, the 2nd time they were warned and the 3rd time was punishment. we used time out or a tap on the bumm. well, mae mae would always bring you to the 3rd time...and rosie always was a 1st time only offender. we always tried to keep things differently the same so things would be fair!!! no wonder we all grow up so weird...poor parents...it's the hardest job.
Pumpkin Pie reminded us of an event where we made her put soap on her tongue for backtalking (I did not know that is considered child abuse when I done it)because she had backtalked numerous times, warnings, spanking, and loss of toys had no effect. She brought up that we don't do that with Sweet Pea and I had to explain that Sweet Pea has responded to the warnings where she did not. Such a battle! I could see Mae Mae being the strong willed (aka: stubborn) child!
Screaming is never a problem with us, we are so used to loud kids and she was just sleepy. It happens and we enjoy being with you all.
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