That was too easy

Rachel loves to play in the water. She will sit, well stand anyway, at the sink for an hour playing in the running water if I let her. She loves it so much that I often put her up at the sink in the kitchen while I am cooking and let her play. It keeps her busy, out from under my feet and I know she isn't going to get hurt. Well tonight I was making fudge and so I had to be at the stove stirring constantly. She was so whiney that I put the stool up by the sink and let her have fun.

Well 15 minutes later she is still playing and I am done with the fudge. I don't exactly like high water bills and with the lawn watering season upon us, well you get the idea. I turn off the water, get her down, leave the room and sit down at my computer to pass the time while the fudge cools.

In comes the raging beast! She is screaming and pitching the biggest fit! I could have cut off a toe and it would have produced less noise from her. I tried ignoring, that made it worse, I told her to stop, she ignored me and continued her unintelligible tirade. I had had enough so I closed the computer, looked her right in the eye and asked if she would like to sit in time out until she calmed down.

"NO!" was the answer I got from her. I offered her more solutions to the "No Water" problem, including TV. All were answered the same way, "NO!" in her high pitched cutesy little voice.

I had had enough, "Rachel do you want to sit in time out or be a good girl and go watch TV?"

Then as calm as can be she says, "Yup!" and walks away to watch Wonder Pets. WHAT!!!! Just 2 minutes ago you were screaming at me that you did not want to watch TV and now it's ok? Good even? I looked at John, sitting on the couch beside me and we both laughed.

"That was too easy," I said, "But I'll take it!" Two year old children are some of the most irrational people on the planet. But don't you just love them!