I love my conversations with the girls, but I really enjoy listening to Hayden and Gracie talk to each other. Hayden has control for right now because Gracie is just now putting two words together. Mark got to witness a lot of it yesterday...for example...Hayden and Gracie are playing in Hayden's room, everything is going great and then all the sudden you hear Gracie crying out. Gracie then comes straight to me and says Hayden and she is usually patting her head...this is when I have to fill in the blanks. So I usually start with "What did Hayden do" and Gracie just cries and pats her head, arm or leg...Then I say did Hayden hit you and she nods her head yes...As soon as I ask Gracie if Hayden hit her, I immediately hear Hayden in the background squealing "No Gracie I didn't do anything." So that is when I ask Hayden "Then why is Gracie saying that you hit her?" Hayden then replies "Well she wasn't listening to me or sharing." Now we are getting somewhere obviously by the way she answered we now know that Gracie is the one telling the truth. I constantly have to remind Hayden that even though she is the best big sister ever, she is not the real Mommy and she can't discipline her. I always tell Hayden that if Gracie is doing something wrong, then Mommy or Daddy will take care of it. Now we are trying to tell Hayden that big girls do not tell stories and that it is very important to tell the truth. Although in a couple of months Gracie will be able to tell her version of the story too and that is when things are going to get very interesting at the Stancil house.
Today while I was cleaning the house, Gracie kept coming and telling me "Hayden broke" and it took me a while to figure out the broke part. I kept asking Gracie "What are you trying to tell me?" and then I hear the Hayden hollering from her bedroom "Gracie I told you we don't need Mommy" and then I figured it out...Hayden had apparently broke something. So Hayden comes walking into the living room and I asked her "Did you break something" and she responds by saying "Come here and I will show you" and the whole time I am thinking what in the world did she break and why is it supposed to be such a secret. So I go back to her bedroom and she pulls something out from behind her chair(yes, that means that she hid whatever it was so I couldn't find it) and she opens her hand and it is a silly band. I guess I was relieved that it was just a silly band, but it was hilarious the way she was trying to hide it and Gracie was bound and determined to tell on her. I told Hayden that it was okay, and that once again she should always tell the truth.
Another favorite today was...I told Hayden that she started big girl school next week and she says "Yeah, I am ready to go to school but I still like staying at home with you" Of course it melted my heart and I wanted to say okay you can stay home with me forever, but we all know that I can't do that! Then she said "I just don't like to go to school when it is this hot outside, every time I go outside I get too hot" and I said "Well it shouldn't be too hot when you get to school and I will have the air on in the car when I pick you up" and she says "okay I guess that will be alright." She is truly growing up so fast!
As I type this Hayden and Gracie are having a strong disagreement. Apparently Hayden is supposed to be the Mommy and Gracie is not listening. All I hear is "No Mam, I told you not to do that...Go to your room" So I told Hayden to be nice and she says " Well she is not doing what I tell her to do and I am the Mommy." At this point I have a hard time explaining myself because on one hand she is right but on the other she really is not the Mommy(I guess when you are pretending the same rules apply). So I said "why don't you two take a break and play something else" and then I hear the door slam and Gracie is knocking on it crying wanting to go in. So I go to see what has happened now and Hayden is in Gracie's room, yes in Gracie's room with the door closed and locked. I knocked on the door and told her to open it right now and she opens the door with a sweet little smile and she says "You said that I didn't have to play with Gracie anymore" I said "when did I say that" Hayden says "you said to take a break." See what I mean everything is very literal at this house. I then explained to her that I meant to play something else instead of Mommy and baby not take a break from each other.
See don't you love my little conversations too?
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