Drama Queen

We knew that having a little girl would add a new dynamic to our family, but I would have never guessed that she would be so different from the boys from so early on. At seventeen months, Abbi has already perfected the art of dramatics like only a girl can. It doesn't take much to turn her little smile into full blown HYSTERICS. Plus, I am a really mean mom so it happens A LOT. I make her sit in her high chair when she eats, I tell her "no" when she throws the silverware in the garbage and I don't even let her play in the toilet. Not that it even takes that much though, if I even look at her wrong she goes from this:

to this:

in a matter of seconds. Her crying then escalates to something like this:

It is actually quite entertaining to watch. (I told you I am a mean mom).

Inevitably the little stinker gives me this look, whimpers a little and says something like, "mama, ma, ma, maaaa..." (and how do you say no to that?) and I pick her up and snuggle her. Amazingly enough, she can turn the crying off as fast as she turned it on and she is immediately okay.

Oh how we love this little drama queen!