The girls had a play date with a couple of their friends on Saturday.
The first part involved going to the Hyde Park Santa Claus parade.
When we arrived, we realized we hadn't brought chairs (newbie mistake) so some of the girls sat on the ground while they waited. One girl didn't want to sit down anywhere though...
"A dog might've peed there."
When the parade started, the second or third group was a bunch of people walking their dogs. As they passed us, a Jack Russell pulled its owner right past us over to the grass and promptly laid down a deuce EXACTLY where the kids had been sitting a few minutes earlier.
LESSON: Sometimes it's good to be cautious.
Later, the excitement of the day started to take its toll, and S had a meltdown. And then another one...
I called her upstairs while I prepared the snack, and applied my patented method of parenting:
"Sweetie, CALM DOWN. What are you freaking out about? Well, that's hardly the end of the world, is it? You need to get a hold of yourself or you can't go back down there and play. NO, you need to CALM DOWN!"
At which point her friend came upstairs, walked over to S, wrapped her in a big hug, and said, "It's okay S. It's okay. I know." S immediately felt better and they went back to playing.
LESSON: Try being kind instead of being a beyotch.
Huh. Imagine that.
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