A Story From Aunt Kristi

I went to pick them (Sydney and Gracie) up from child care (Pace Christian Academy in 2006) to spend the day with them and they looked at me like "... and who are you?" I thought the lady wasn't going to let me have them. On that same day, I took Syd and Gracie to ChicFilA and we ate lunch then they went to play in the little play area. Sydney shoved a little boy down the slide and the mom looked at me like "are you gonna do something about that??"... And I thought to myself "well, not now because I don't want you to think I'm doing it for you!" I pulled Sydney aside (after lady EyeBalls left) and we discussed pros and cons of pushing people (turns out Sydney couldn't think of any pros ;) and I asked Sydney if the little boy was still there, would she want to tell him she was sorry? Nope. And off she went, climbing up into the play thingy. NExt thing I know, here comes Gracie giril screaminig and tumbling down the slide and Sydney standing at the top looking at me like "does she know I did it?"... Yeah, I knew. Well, I had promised ice cream cones if the girls were good. Gracie got hers but Sydney didn't get hers. Later that day when you picked them up, Gracie gave me the biggest hug in the world and told me she loved me. THe Sydney gave me a hug and told me she loved me, too, but as she walked away, she turned around and said "Thanks for bein' mean!!!"