Simply irresistible

I was really tired today (result of going to bed too late last night and getting up too many times during the night to sort out cold children who'd lost blankets, children falling out of bed, and struggling to fall asleep again afterwards. When there are three kids under the age 5 in the house, there will always be something!). Anyway, point is, I was a bit grumpier than usual, and my temper was a little shorter.

Thankfully I have Emily to sort me out.

Going down the stairs to have breakfast Jonty hit Emily on the head (playfully, not maliciously). She responded by screaming blue murder and probably waking up the entire neighbourhood. I said - "Jonty, don't be so rough, and Emily, you really don't need to scream like that."

Emily replied - "Mom, you really don't need to be so angry."

After dropping Jonty off at taekwondo this evening, driving home, Emily kept saying "Look mom, look at this!"... "mommy, mommy, look at that." She was getting a little upset with me because I wasn't looking at what she was doing on the back seat of the car, so I explained that while I was driving I could not turn around to look - its just too dangerous.

"Well, then STOP the car!" she says. Faultless logic.

I explained that we're in the middle of the Lampang traffic and that I can't just stop to look at her antics: there are cars ahead of me, cars behind me, cars next to me. Not to mention all the motorbikes. They'll crash into us if I just stop.

"Mom, " says Em very patiently as if she's talking to a 3 year-old, "just stop the car at the SHOPS .... there are no cars there to crash us , there's lots of space! And then you can buy me an ice-cream!"

Later she asked me for a treat - I said no, because treats are for good girls on special occasions, not just for everyday. She said "but Mom, I AM HAPPY!" I am not sure when "being happy" began to cover a multitude of sins, but Em sounded very convincing.

I was trying to make supper, Nina was grabbing everything, Emily was touching piping hot dishes, non-stop. I dished out a few smacks to these wandering fingers and said to both of them "you must learn not to touch everything" ... to which Emily replied "and you must learn not to smack!".

At some point during the late afternoon Em phoned Nick and asked him to buy her ice-cream for pudding. I asked Nick if he was going to - of course he was! "How could I resist?" he asked. And I've got to admit, Emily is simply irresistible.