Normally Olivia just does her own thing while Joseph and Ruth have their after school snack. But lately she's just not that into being a toddler. She absolutely HAS to do everything the big people do - exactly how they do it! So naturally, while her siblings are sitting down to eat she has to sit at the table with them.
Now, I know full well the child isn't hungry; because she had a snack at 2:00 before the other kids came home.
I sit her down and give her a coloring book and some crayons. Unacceptable! She just flung them across the room. So I offer her a toy to play with. That wasn't to her liking either. Fine. I let her sit there and watch as we talk about our day. Next thing I know, she reaches over and snatches Ruth's jelly toast right out of her hand!! I take it away and give it back to Ruth. Here we go - her Scream. It's not even a scream really, it's more like she's WAILING!! So I give her a spoon & let her attempt to open the jelly while I toast her bread. She obviously saw right through my attempt to distract her and proceeded to throw her spoon at her brother's head in protest!! Poor Joseph is crying. This girl's got an arm!
Finally, the toast is done! I quickly grab a butter knife, smear the jelly and hand the toast to Olivia.
"NO!!! Not a cookie!!" she says, climbs down from her perch and leaves the kitchen.
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