~No Hitting~

Today was a bit rough. It all started out so well. I made crescent rolls as a snack for Audrey and Athena since Audrey is always SOOO HUNGRY when she gets back from school. Athena and I played Sorry until Audrey got home. We watched an episode of Farmer Wants a Wife (the girls love the show, and we're all rooting for Brooke because she is a nanny...Sam's idea) and then went outside to do some reading. I am so happy that the girls like to read. It gives me at least a half an hour of peace and quiet. Plus I get to nap on the hammock and know that they arent starting fires or killing the cat (The dang cat keeps stalking the last duckling. Poor baby....). Thursday nights are Carrie and Mike's date night so Carrie made spaghetti for us and then took off... at like 5.30. They still arent back and it is 9pm. I dont know WHAT they are doing, but whatever.

So anyway, Sam laughed at Audrey for spilling a bit of spaghetti sauce on her shirt and Audrey freaked. She went upstairs to her room and came back down when her parents left. She proceeded to sit in a chair and not look at anyone. It's a rule in the house that the girls have to eat everything on their plates before they can do anything fun and Audrey had gotten maybe five bites in before leaving. I told her that she had to finish and that I would reheat the spaghetti for her. She completely ignored me, so I went over to help Athena do the dishes. About 20 minutes passes by and Sam and Athena are having ice cream (I drank water... no ice cream til I like how I look in my bathing suit... there's a reason I'm not in any of the water pictures at the lake house) when Audrey decides to throw a pillow at Athena's head. She immediately runs upstairs and I follow calmly. I tell her that she should not throw things at her sister and that she should come down and finish her dinner. She refuses to apologize to Athena and I tell her that she can stay in her room and think about it. She comes down a few minutes later after I have thrown her dinner away looking for her food. I tell her that she had many opportunities to eat and she decided against it so I threw her food away. She proceeds to explain that I can make her something else and I tell her that she had dinner that her mother made for her and she didnt want it. That was her chance. She goes back up to her room, writes me a letter and throws it down the stairs to me since she is not allowed to come downstairs. The letter is as follows:

Dear Jacky, you realy are hurting my feelings right now but i'm sorry the way I was acting today and I am very sorry how I trough the pillow at Sam and Athena and Jacky I am really hungry right now but I probly dont desurve anything like that, but I realy hope you forgive me? (curcle) yes or no

I didnt read it until about 5 mins ago, and I feel so badly... but anyway.... A little while later she asks me to tuck her in and I do and I cuddle with her and tell her that tomorrow will be better. I'm really not sure what to do with her. She really does get the short end of the stick and she just doesnt know how to take out her anger. None of the girls do. They hit and yell and mimic each other. I hope they will follow my "no hitting" rule, and I'm gonna be damn strict on that. I do not believe in hitting kids, and they should not hit each other. So yeah.... then Sam and Athena and I watched another episode of ...cant get the bold font off.... hm... another episode of Farmer Wants a Wife... why do they love that so much?

Anyway.... have a great night everyone.