15 November 2010

We had another playdate round at Mia's, and again the girls spent most of it messing about with Playdough.


In the afternoon Julia was out but we went over to play with Charlize anyway (she was at home with their helper). They played well for an hour then Charlize took a toy Emily was playing with and then got cross when the helper gave it back to Emily. She came over and gave her a shove. Emily pushed her back - unusual for her but I secretly cheered that she wasn't being a doormat for once while outwardly telling her not to retaliate and to just say 'please don't do that'. I told Charlize off and she promptly fell to the floor and bawled. I told her I was taking Emily home as her behaviour was unacceptable. I could see the mood was soured and anyway it was dark and had begun to rain hard, but I also wanted to make her realise that her actions could have consquences. As we put on our shoes she came over and threw her comfort blanket at Emily and that was the last straw. I told her off again and left the poor helper to deal with her until Julia returned. It was rather chilly on the way home and had been raining for a while, which continued all evening.