Me: "Jess, there aren't any toys up in your room anymore. I gave them to other children who would play with them. You are a big girl now and don't need toys."
Jessie: "No toys?"
Me: "No toys."
Jessie: "I go see."
If you didn't see those blogs, I converted her room (due to a huge need to move on) from this:
To this:
Jessie comes back down.
Jessie: "Mom, no toys."
Me: "Nope, but you do have toys in the kitchen cupboard - lets go play with those ..."
Jessie: "Nah, no toys. Can I have crackers?"
That is my response when someone takes away my toys as well, hence my shape!
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty amazing response. I gave away a child's stuffed animal (ten years after they were through playing with it) and the response was MUCH more severe than Jess's.
ReplyDeleteHappy girl! Moving on . Doing big girl things. Nice work, Lori. Time to celebrate with some crackers!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I think we should all move on to other things by eating crackers. I know I'd be happier!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine you may have been anticipating the worst what with the look she gave you in the first photo. She handled it well! Break out the Triscuits!
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