Fortunately for me, there are moments like this one that just make you smile. Yesterday, Maya pretty much fought me on food all day. I know it was my fault. I shouldn't have told her to get her hands out of the maple syrup. She obviously was not happy with me about it because the moment I said it, she shoved her plate of blueberry pancakes into the center of the table. She followed that up by pushing her chair, while still seated, as far away from the table as possible. Of course, the next step was obviously to take off the bib and toss it on the floor. Oh yes, happy day for Sam!
I should have known I was in for it when it came time for afternoon snack. After about a half dozen spoonfuls, I could tell that she was quickly losing interest in eating her yogurt. Because she had not eaten much of anything all day, I thought I'd bargain with her. "Alright Maya, if you eat your yogurt we'll watch Sesame Street. Julia is almost done and when you finish, we will all go watch Elmo". Yes, she's got a thing for Elmo. Anyway, you would have thought I had found a master switch in her with those words because she was pissed! She gave me this look like I was making her eat a turd or something. I kind of gave her this look like, Uh huh, yep, you heard me missy! It was like a showdown of looks in my kitchen. The next thing that happened was a first in our house. Maya picked up her spoon filled with yogurt, lifted it over her head and FLUNG IT!! I had never seen her do this before but let me tell you, I laughed my ass off. Even Julia was looking at her like, Dude?!
Yes, it landed on her head and proceeded to drop onto her face. She showed me!
I just had to save this moment in time. One day she will thank me for it. Okay, maybe it will be more like, "Uh yeah, thanks a lot Mom".
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Nate and Maya should go out for dinner together. They would make perfect dinner mates. :)
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