We had a play date on Friday with 2 other girls from Sophia's music class. We went to the Children's Museum of Virginia (only a 1/2 hour drive for us). They have tons of things for the kiddos to play with and see. I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures of our day there, but Sophia had a blast. She especially loved the "bubbles" room and the mock city, complete with a fire engine, bus and mail box. I think the toddler play area was my favorite part because it was enclosed and she couldn't run away from me to explore!
The two little girls that we went with are around Sophia's age. Addie is 21 months and Hailey is 19 months. Sophia decided that she didn't want Addie to play in the same part of the play tunnel as her and proceeded to hit her in the face. Once I saw this behavior appear I knew there was going to be more to follow. The worst offense was at the top of the slide (where mom's aren't supposed to go). Sophia was up on the platform and suddenly felt the need to beat up on Addie again - with both hands! I dodged a few kids on the way up the steps and finally made it to the top to grab Sophia and remove her from the situation. It's soooooo embarrassing when your kid is the one that's being bad!
This morning at a recipe exchange play date she started hitting again. We're now disciplining Sophia with Time Out so she had to sit in Time Out this morning a few times. Unfortunately, Time Out is still a game to her. She will put her self into a Time Out and then sit there and smile like it's FUN! She's really working a nerve on Mom. There was a little boy that hit her back this morning and it didn't even seem to phase her. A few minutes later they were doing Ring Around the Rosie together anyway.
I'm hoping her big cousins will show her the proper way to behave this weekend!
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