Point Noted
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Abby is a tough little girl. I suppose growing up with two older brothers who aren’t really that much older and still like to drag you along will cause your skin to thicken. She can tumble with the best of them.
She is also very strong-willed, which is a very nice way to say stubborn. She is as stubborn as the sun. Everything is to be done her way or not at all, lest we all hear about it in a very high-pitched fashion.
For the most part, though, she loves to play with her brothers. She usually prefers Buzz to Jedi, but that’s because Jedi is stubborn, too. And bossy. And he complains a lot. And gets upset easily. Buzz is more pliable, but is also more prone to inadvertently hurt her.
Which is how it was going the other day when Jedi and Abby were playing together, and I use that term loosely. He was telling her what to do and she was doing it her way instead. When he decided that he didn’t want to participate anymore. She, however, failed to receive the memo and continued getting in his way. He tried to move her and she’d scratch him. I reprimanded him for pushing her and I reprimanded her for hurting him. It was persistent as Jedi began to whine, irked tears welling in his eyes, feet stomping, vexed beyond measure.
That’s when he turns to me and decries, “This is why we shouldn’t have a toddler!”.
I'm Crystal. A 30-something mom to 3 young kids living in the Midwest USA. When I'm not chasing my children, I'm a freelance writer and web designer. I like to tell stories from our days and share what we enjoy...
15 Responses
on May 26 2010
HA! This really is one of those “darndest things” kids say. I love how as the older brother, he feels like part of the family planning process.
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on May 26 2010
LOL! Nice one, Jedi.
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on May 26 2010
Yea, MOM. What WERE you thinking?
on May 26th, 2010
@jesser, I KNOW! Geesh! I guess I need to think these things through more.
on May 26 2010
LOL! That’s why indeed.
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on May 26 2010
Smile. That’s all. I love it that they are so uncensored.
By the way, I thought you were talking about my own daughter, when I read your description of Abby.
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on May 26 2010
Yeah, send her back! Take the toddler to the return counter!
Thanks for this little laugh in my afternoon – I needed it.
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on May 26 2010
Just brilliant! That made me laugh when I got to the very last line, so thank you so much for that!
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on May 26 2010
Maybe we should trade her for a puppy! Hmm…
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on May 26th, 2010
@Melissa, Ooooh! A puppy! My son might think you’re on to something.
on May 27 2010
Ha ha!! This is TOO cute. I bet you were nodding your head as he said it.
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on May 27 2010
Ha! That sounds like something my older son would say about his little brother. Too cute.
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on May 27 2010
I sometimes look at my husband and say the same thing! =>
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on May 28 2010
Kids say the darnedest things, right? That pretty funny!
on May 29 2010
Have the same happenings with my kids. The boys start with their stomping and romping games and the girls get…underfoot. Tears all round.