The Things She Says! (Part 999,999)

Me: Royanne, where did you get this ring with the rose on it?
Royanne: from China when I went there, when
I was pregnant. With my sister. When
I was a baby. Yeah, from when I went there. To China.

(where does she get this stuff?!)

Mom's At A Loss!

I guess it has been 100-120 days so far....Miss Royanne

has been VERY sassy. Throwing tantrums, kicking,

hitting things, throwing things,

yelling, screaming, sobbing....and nothing seems

to deter her from it. Not a spank, not standing in

the corner, not taking away TV time, NOTHING!

I try and talk to her about it. I explain disrespect gets her

punishment. I tell her I keep trying to find a way to

get her to understand,

to get her attention. Tonight, amidst sobs, she tells me,

"Momma, I understand. You're right."

Tonight I got her attention by denying

her time in our bed, either with

books, or a short movie, or silly

snuggling. I'm sad about it.

She sobbed almost to the point of

throwing up.

Literal Translation

Royanne has a head cold. She has a hard time sleeping
(translation: I have a hard time sleeping)
We tried the steam in the bathroom.....
rocking, consoling, books.....
Bruce wanted her to try some Mentholatium on her
nose. He said, "It''ll open your head up."
To which she replied:
"YOU WANT TO OPEN UP MY HEAD???!!!!"

She knew I was laughing, even in the dark!

Last night Royanne wanted to sleep with us.
Of course, I said yes.

She said she wanted to tell me a scary story. She
went on and on about this bad guy and this
other bad guy, and the policeman was even
a bad guy.

Then she asked me if I wanted to hear a happy
story. Who doesn't? So I said "yes!"

She said, "There was this little gore (her way of
pronouncing girl) and she went to Souper Salads, and
she ate good food, and she was happy. Her mom
was there and her daddy. But she pee-pee'd her panties...
Just like I did!!!"
And she pointed down at her waist.
"...Then she lost her TV and she cried and cried,
so she got a spankin' from her daddy
just like I did!"

I said, "And who got the last laugh?"
And she said, "DADDY!"

Jonah

Royanne was in one of the empty bins I'm using to
organize and weed out the clothes that are too big
for me.

I said, "What are you doing in there, little missy?"
and she replied,
"I'm trying to run away from God."