A little bit of attitude

December 27, 2006

Ellie is really testing us both to see what she can get away with these days. Her talking (and talking back!) is something else right now.

Yesterday she ordered her daddy to give her some crackers, and he said, “No, Ellie, you have to learn to ask nicely the first time, or you won’t get what you want.” So she asked nicely, and Daddy said, “No, you still can’t have any, because you didn’t ask nicely the first time.” She put her little hands on her little hips and said, “But I asked!”

She’s also mastering the technique of dividing and conquering. Today she asked her daddy nicely and got three “animal cracker” cookies for dessert after her dinner. I arrived home from work just then, and she asked me, too (nicely), if she could have a cookie. Luckily, I double-checked with daddy first, so she didn’t get a “double dip” of cookies!