I picked up Gillian from school yesterday. She came running to me and said “Dorlisa give us all kissies!” I started to say “That’s nice”, but I was interrupted by her teacher. She said “Hersey kisses. Dorlisa gave everyone a Hersey kiss.” Gillian and I said goodby to her friends and went to her cubby. I said “I put your kids in your backpack. You can have it for dessert.” She said “I want it now!” I repeated, “You can have it for dessert.” We got her sweatshirt on and walked outside. Again she said “But I want it now.” I said “I know. But you can’t have it now. You can have it for dessert.” She fell to her needs and sat on the sidewalk. I had to carry her to the car. The whole time she was saying “But I want my kissie!” She was screaming by the time we got to the car. I buckled her in and said “Because of this tantrum, you lose Clover tonight.” Well this didn’t make things better. She screamed the entire car trip home.
The kiss
At home, she calmed down. She came over to me after dinner and hugged my legs. I picked her up and gave her a big hug. She said “Do you still like me?” I explained to her “I love you. I am not happy about your behavior and your attitude.” She said “I don’t got an attitude.” She is a fiesty little lady, but I would never change her.