Who's in charge here?

I can’t even believe it! Today- and most days, K nears the end of her meal and looks at me with a sort of wide-eyed, I’m going to test you now mommy, sort of look followed by her taking a large handful of what is left on her tray and wildly flinging it onto the floor. She then looks at me with the same “what are you going to do about it, Mommy?” sort of look. I- in my most firm tone—say “NO NO—that’s not okay” and receive a sly SMILE from her in reaction followed by more flinging and me taking the tray away.

SO tonight I dash out the door to Walmart right when L gets home because it is absolutely impossible to take two kids to Walmart—I can just imagine cramming Q’s car seat into the front and stuffing K in the back where she would proceed to throw everything out of the cart and grab many interesting extras to add to the cart…

Anyway- leaving L in charge, he does dinner with K. Here is his story… K grabs a handful of food and does her traditional flinging full force onto the floor. She looks at Daddy who replies “NO NO—that’s not okay” to her (sounds familiar) and this was her reaction. Slowly, oh so slowly, her lower lip comes out and she actually had to WORK hard to get her entire lip to stick out at its maximum—tears slowly form in her eyes—and then massive sympathy cries pour from her. From then on, she didn’t throw a single thing from her tray. Is this a prelude to things to come? Oh daddy’s girl….. let’s see how lunch goes with mommy tomorrow.