Apologies

Reagan apologized to me tonight. That might not seem like a big deal to most, but she actually meant it. Jordan had a friend over tonight and Jim took them out for ice cream leaving me with the two little ones. Not a big deal, but Reagan decided to "misbehave". There is always such a thin line between misbehaving and "three-year old stuff" so I qualified it as such.

Anyway, I was feeding Maddy. That means it's perfect time for Reagan to do exactly what she wants to, even if I am not happy about it. She's figured out exactly when I "can't" get up to stop her. So she wanted to go downstairs and I couldn't watch her, so I shut the gate. She was UNHAPPY about it. She started hanging on it and kicking it. I got mad and asked her to stop.

I did get up to stop her, but still had Maddy in my arms and did what I could to minimize the chaos. I asked her to apologize, but she didn't really do it. Oh well. She did give me a hug and kiss, but not much more.

Later, after I tucked her in, she shouted as I walked to the door, "Mommy I'm sorry. I just really wanted a band-aid and to go downstairs. I didn't mean to be bad". I stopped me in my tracks. She had actually thought about her behavior and what I had said. WOW!!!

I'm only writing about this because it doesn't seem to be a fluke. She was kicking my seat on the way home Friday night and I had asked her to stop. I had to smack her legs once which didn't do much. Most of the time I ignore it, but it was really icy out and I was concerned about driving. I had all three girls with me and I was driving on Richardson Road - not a great road anyway. She did the same thing. Within about 15 minutes of me requesting her to stop, she apologized. She was able to vocalize what she was sorry for. It was bizarre.

My guess is she really does understand! Holy Cow!