I was cleaning up the kitchen after lunch one day and paused to enjoy the silence. That's when I suddenly realized that the house was quiet. WHY IS THE HOUSE QUIET? I spotted the girls playing quietly on the floor. WHY ARE THE GIRLS PLAYING QUIETLY? Any mother knows that this means there's trouble on the horizon.
Emmy had been playing with her princess cd player most of the morning. She took great care in keeping it from her sister. She moved from room to room and placed it high out of Brinley's reach while she danced. Brin was not allowed to get close or even touch the cd player. Sometimes though, she'd allow Brin to dance with her. Brin then resigned herself to playing with blocks. So when the moment arose that Emmy got careless and set the player down on the rug, I knew that Brin was going in.
I scanned over to Brin, who skillfully placed her blocks on the floor and rose to her feet, the forbidden toy in her sights. Without making a sound, she glided over to her older sister. Cautiously, she lifted the toy up and held it close to her chest, still eyeing Emmy. She turned to go, but she was spotted! Emmy then screamed in anger and jumped to her feet!
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| oh the drama |
Brin scampered off as quickly as possible, arms flailing in the air, as she hastily made her retreat. Emmy was spitting and snarling while Brin was screaming in sheer delight. Uh-oh! She dropped the toy but was still fleeing from her sister. She took a sideways look back but realized, it was too late to save it! She continued her retreat, arms still waved wildly about as she ran, and squealed all the way out of sight.
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| running for cover |
Annoyed, I sauntered over to Emmy, who retrieved her beloved music player. I quickly checked to make sure all is well, and gave her a kiss on the side of the head. I tracked down Brin to restrain her from further mayhem. I picked up my clever child, who immediately went no-bones, and carried her back to the hearth room. Brin bellowed for a while in protest, but soon was subdued by an offer of a new toy. Which, incidentally, was quickly snatched by Emmy in an effort to show her who's boss.
