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Oh well.
September 11, 2007
Today, when we stopped for lunch there happened to be a HUGE play area next door. I pretended not to see it and quickly scoped out my options for driving around the building some other direction thinking that maybe she wouldn't notice it... No such luck. Mia immediately focused in on it. "LOOK! Playground! Mia needs to play. Come on let's do it. Let's go play!" I told her she had to eat a good lunch first and after that then maybe we could play for a little while. I was half-counting on the fact that she never eats and so maybe I could use that as an excuse to not sit outside in the blazing hot sun while she played. Well today she decided she would eat everything in sight AND she was a perfect little angel at lunch, sitting at the table the whole time with perfect manners. Of course. So we start to leave and do you think she has forgotten about the playground? "Ok lunchtime over. Time to play. Let's go to the playground! Yay!" Well at this point I HAVE to let the poor child play. She ate AND behaved! We did have an appointment to keep so we couldn't stay long, but as we walked over there I told her she could only play for 5 minutes and then we had to go. That was fine with her. "5 minutes! YAY!" Well when we got over there, there was no way to get in! They had put up a gate and locked it. I braced myself for a tantrum, took a deep breath and tried to explain to Mia that they must have closed it. Look there is a lock on it. Oh No! We can't get in. As I held my breath and crossed my fingers that the scene she was about to make wasn't going to last too long, she surprised me by saying, "Oh they put a gate up. We can't get in. This is terrible!" A long pause, followed by, "Oh well." Then she turned and started going back to the car. What? No tantrum? You're perfectly fine with this? I don't understand. This child amazes me sometimes.
Posted by Kimberly at September 11, 2007 03:05 PM
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Mia you are such a polite little girl. But of course you are my granddaughter!!!! Hugs & Kisses Grandma
Posted by: Grandma at September 12, 2007 05:42 AM