Fruit Snacks

For those of you who have mild-tempered children, here is an example of what my dear sweet Audrey can be like at times.

The baby is asleep and Kierra too, and Audrey is watching cartoons. So I thought how nice it would be to catch up on blogs, email, goodreads.com, etc. Audrey asks for a fruit snack, and I say yes. She eats it. She asks for a second one, bringing it to me. I say that one's for Kierra, and no, one is plenty, how about some pretzels? She replies: But I want it!!!! PLEEEEAAAAASSSSEEEE!!!! Me: I said no! Just because you want it and say please does not make it yours. Her: Aaarg! as she throws it at my face! I immediately tell her to get in timeout, she runs away from me, tripping on the laptop cord, almost knocking it off my lap onto the ground. By this time I've had it and yell at her to get into timeout. So then she yells and screams on her way to timeout, thus waking up Kierra (and Jacob too I think, but he went right back to sleep luckily), who comes down the stairs (our usual timeout spot) to comfort and console her big sister.

So we're in our separate corners cooling off. Then I have a little talk with her about when Mommy says no, she means it, and we don't throw things, especially not at faces, and especially not at Mommy! I tell her if she still wants another snack, she needs to choose something else because one packet of fruit snacks is enough.

Things calm down, and she grabs yet another fruit snack. Her: But Mom, this one isn't for Kierra, that one is. Please? Me: I'm so glad that you're saying please, but I still say no. One is plenty, choose something else.

Things are quiet, I'm blogging and not paying attention, thinking that she's in the pantry trying to choose something else. A couple minutes later, she says she's going to go downstairs and choose a different fruit snack than the Scooby Doo ones (nice logic there kiddo, Mommy said I can't have a Scooby Doo fruit snack, but maybe I can have the fruit shaped ones). I tell her again that I said no more fruit snacks. I ask her where the other one is that I said she couldn't have and she points to her throat. Urg!!! So now she's in timeout AGAIN and needs to have another little chat. A very serious one.

And then, apparently, I need to make a snack for the little ones.