Our sweet and mild mannered third daughter, Calley, turned 3 last February. Her personality keeps eeking out and this story happened a month or so after her birthday:
All three girls were in the car with me, lined up across the back seat in their various car seat contraptions. Calley had decided to take both her shoes off on the ride home. I was able to pick the shoes up while stopped at a red light and handed them to our oldest, Sydney, and asked her to help Calley put her shoes back on before we got home.
I heard bits and pieces of the conversation and physical tug of war that took place for a long two or three minutes. This was not going well. Finally Sydney asserts, "Calley, put your foot up here and let me put this shoe on!" Calley responds, with her teeth gritted tightly and each word spoken (not yelled) sternly and slowly,
"YOU - ARE - NOT - IN - CHARGE."
After about 5 seconds of silence we all busted out laughing. The little tag-a-long sister drew her line in the sand and let us know that she was NOT to be messed with! She ended up putting the shoes on all by herself. ;)
Have a safe and fun-filled Fourth of July. Amidst all of the picnics, swimming and games, let's not forget to spend some time sharing the meaning of this holiday with our children...and help them become more aware of the sacrifices many men and women in our armed forces have and continue to make to protect our freedoms.
gina could you list the safe products website info.???
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Beth - The database is part of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics link. You can search products you use or sort a list of products by category to find out which ones have the safest toxicity ratings (ie, safest skin cleanser, sunscreen, baby shampoo, etc.). This resource is incredible and its voice is getting louder for removing many harmful ingredients from products altogether. Yay!!
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