Tantrums

Vivian is displaying tantrums which Sophie NEVER had. She is very tenacious about something she wants. She is not easily distractable. Today we were at the park and it was pretty cold outside and we were going to head home and have a snack. Well, Vivian was obviously NOT ready to leave the park. She stamped her feet, screamed and plopped herself down on the basketball court as Sophie and I walked off with the stroller waving GoodBye to her. She just kept sitting there screaming.

Then I asked, "Do you want Yum Yum?" That stopped the tears and she ran over to us, but she still had a fit when I put her in the stroller, so I had to strap her in. She screeched and wailed for a good 4 minutes and it wasn't until we began singing Itsy Bitsy Spider that she finally quieted down.

Woe be unto the person who tries to get her to do something she does not want to.