“That’s not fair!!!!!”
“It’s not fair Mommy! “
“No I don’t want to. It’s not fair!”
It has been the phrase of choice for my lovely 9 year old.
The one phrase in the entire repertoire of phrases she could pick from that she knows gets under my skin…it really gets me.
So last weekend as we stood in the kitchen… I reminded her of a chore she needed to do. As quickly as I could tell her what needed to be done the words burst from her mouth, “IT’S NOT FAIR!!” and this time I looked at her I said, “You know that is not true! If it was fair…
Lost for words she just starred at me. While I hoped for her usual giggles, this time I got a stomp and a huff as she walked away. I smiled to myself and then looked up to see who else was in the kitchen with me (I actually was a bit surprised at what had come out of my mouth). I saw my 7 year old looking at me. Starring at each other for a moment I smiled again and then……..ohhhhh the laughter!