The World According to Ella #5

Lately, Ella is into a mild form of manipulation. She is better at "fits" now than she was at 2. We recently ventured to Chick-fil-A for "kid's night". The activity was very simple. Find the hidden bags of halloween candy all over the store. Well, she found one quickly. Game over....not quite. Between pitching a fit to play in the playground, then being to afraid to climb the steps to the big slide and having a fit if anyone took a bite of her food, but not eating any...she was a charm to dine with. At the end of the lovely family dinner, Big Daddy was helping us load into the NannyVan. When I put her bag of candy in the diaper bag, she lost it. I mean crying and sobbing to the point of stopping breathing briefly. When we got her to stop sobbing, she said she always gets the toy from the restaurant AFTER she eats, so she wants her candy. (That is actually the rule). We tried explaining why she couldn't have it, but she just kept crying. Finally, Tripp told her she could have one piece of candy, if she stopped crying and if she behaved on the way home and if she went to bed without fussing. She got very quiet.She picked up her lemonade cup (that was almost empty) and slurped a little. The she said,"Ok Daddy, thats a good idea." So Tripp stuck out his hand and said "Ok, lets shake on it." She looked confused for a minute, then smiled and shook the h--- out of the lemonade cup.