A Reunion

[acacias_mom]

Maybe it's just me that feels this way, but I don't appreciate it when other people feel the need to yell at my children for something that they think is out of line.  I don't yell at other people's children, so I guess I just see it as something that the mother is supposed to do.  So anyways, we went to my husband's mother's side of the family's reunion today and we had a lot of fun.  After the reunion we decided to caravan back to Dylan's mother's house and proceeded to hang out.  It had been a long day for two little girls who had refused to take naps, so I wasn't too worried about the little things that they were doing to be naughty.  Carol - Dylan's aunt came over with her grand daughter Bailey and we were all sitting around. I had just finished making the girls a little plate of supper when acacia was carrying a kitty by it's neck to the table.  A simple "you can't carry the kitty like that" in my opinion would have sufficed... acacia is 2 and a half, and very smart for her age.  She understands when you talk to her in complete sentences like an adult. However, instead of saying it in such a way  like previously mentioned, carol decided to scream "NO YOU CAN'T CARRY THE KITTY LIKE THAT CASEY!" and then went into a tangent (to a two and a half year old mind you) about how if she carried the kitty like that she'd kill it and it would die and never play with her again.  I am still shocked that she could even say it like that and it really makes me crabby when she yells at my kid.  I have never ever yelled at Bailey (who is kind of a spoiled diva) and I would never encourage things such as hitting a child back when they hit you, but Carol tells Bailey to hit Acacia back when she hits her.... and yells at my kid... and I honestly do not for the life of me know how to approach this situation anymore... it's getting to be ridiculous.

[kirzo]

Aug. 19, 2007 at 7:19 PM HI!!! i totally agree withyou an the way that she said that. By the way my name is madeline. I also have  about a two and a half year old daughter that is also spoiled.saame as yours can understand complete sentances. most the time she answers why though,lol.i currently live outside of st hilaire. i think you might know where that is. i have read allof your posts and i am sorry about the lonelyness. i sometimes feel the same. when i got pregnat my friends basically said goodbye because i didn't go out and party any more. maybe one day we should meet at a park or something and maybe become friends. my mother in law lives in warren so i am there most of the time. let me know, i think it would be good for my kids to have more friends. and me too