i picked up the girls from daycare the other day with a surprise. sears-- a place i never go unless kevin is dragging us there to look at a tool or something!!-- has amazing kid clothing sales, i discovered. PLUS, they had a large selection of spring clothes DIRT CHEAP with no characters, glitter, embroidery, logos-- perfect for my mix-and-match children. so i picked up a couple of things for each one and true to form, had no sooner gotten them buckled in their booster seats when i whipped out the new duds. (we all know i hate surprises....).
a few minutes later, i see jules in the rearview mirror with her arms crossed, a massively unattractive scowl, and a lip curled upward. "what's your issue?" i so nicely ask. "you'll never have any friends if you look at them the way you're looking at me right now!" she proceeds to whine about how georgia got three things and she only got two. it. is. not. fair. hmmph. she crossed her arms tighter, just for effect.
i was all set to pull over and was already preparing the lecture at the same time -- the one about saying thank you whether you wanted to or not, and how fortunate she was that i had enough funds in the checking account to make a surprise purchase (really fortunate, let me tell you!!) and how i was taking all her stuff back since she was so incredibly bratty. i can't stand brats, and she was a big one at that moment.
but georgia saved the day. she turns to her sister and says: "you. you. you. you coveter!" not clearly hearing what she said, i ask her to repeat it. she asks me if i remember the ten commandments and what god says about wanting things other people have.
oh yeah! i knew i made the right choice of daycares (disregarding the spitting incident)!! that ten-week ten commandment summer program did the trick. now i don't even NEED my lecture because juliet is upset that she broke a commandment.
problem solved. bratty kid moment averted.
until the next time. hope georgia is around then to dispense biblical advice.
