Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Lunchtime Frustrations

We recently promoted Violet from her high chair to a booster seat at the table for meals.  We finally traded the simplicity of the high chair forcing Violet to be a captive for the meal for the much more compact booster seat.  While we were enjoying regaining about eight square feet of floor space in our kitchen, Violet's relative freedom adds a new challenge to mealtime.

Violet, Momma and I were eating lunch.  In short, Violet was being a pain.  She made a mess with her food, she kept nearly knocking over her water and was super fidgety in her chair.

It was getting under Christie's skin a lot more than mine.  She told Violet, "Sit straight in your chair and pay attention.  You're making a mess and almost knocking over your water."  She gave an "Uhh" noise and finished with, "I'm sick of having to tell you."

Without a pause, Violet said, "I'm sick of it too," and accompanied it with her pouty face and sad eyes.

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