I ran to answer the phone this afternoon and my 3-year-old who was happily playing, immediately went into one of her screaming temper-tantrums. I was upset because I couldn't hear my husband on the phone and she kept following me around. After a quick, "I can't hear you, I'll have to call you back in a bit", I placed her on her bed until she calmed down and could talk to me. I asked what was wrong, and she said "I wanted to get the phone!" I told her, I'm sorry, you know only Mommy and Daddy answer the phone. She said "No! I wanted to get it and give it to you!"
We've had many of these type of conversations in the past few months, and she summed it up best of all when she told me, "I just want to be nice!"
I'm grateful for a great kid!
