Our little girl can be such a drama queen… this evening we were watching a movie together and when I paused the movie so that I could try and get Gregory to bed (again) I joked that it was time for Emma to go to bed too. She promptly curled up into a ball and gave a keening wail. Matt and I started laughing, and she looked up and said through her tears, “Oh, was that just a teasement?” Poor kid - she has such mean parents sometimes.

When it was finally time for her to go to bed, we got a repeat performance of the ball and wail, although this was even more over the top since she was just that much more tired. We tried to soothe her a bit by reminding her that we would finish the movie on another night, however she responded, “I know, but I just can’t bear it!” She repeated the “I just can’t bear it” refrain multiple times throughout the whole getting ready for bed endeavor e.g. “Emma, please go upstairs and get your pj’s on” “But I just can’t bear it!”

I think she has her pj’s on now - time for me to cuddle with this poor, tired, little teddy bear.