This weekend, Olivia has learned to use the power of reason to her advantage. I am currently in a crippled state where my back has been bothering me for a week. So i was laying on the floor and Olivia was next to me in an agitated state (they have a lot of those states at 3 years old)
She demands, " GO GET MY BEE BEEs (blankets)"
I respond, " I won’t get them if you demand them like that."
She begins to have a tantrum and Mom comes swooping in and holds Olivia. Mom says tenderly, " we dont want to tell Daddy to go up and down the stairs. His back is hurting him and that would hurt him to go up and down."
Olivia thinks a little... Processes and looks at Kendra and says, “You okay... YOU go get it!"
Ah, progress...