What happens when you send them to Grandma's...

In Native American cultures, the grandparents are entrusted with the responsibility of passing the tribe's values down to the next generation. We are so fortunate to have some really honorable and loving people as our children's grandparents. With that said, it is often easy to tell when the children have been with one of their grandparents. They do or say things they might not normally say...

Background: Carseats are Isabella's bane. They cause nothing but anger and resentment in her life. She didn't like the convertible carseat because it's 'for babies.' And once a child is 4 years and 40 pounds, she is supposed to move up to the booster car seat. This is even more of a challenge, though, because that means she has to reach the regular seat belt and buckle it herself. This has led to many times of me yelling at her to stop (insert stalling activity here: playing with her little plastic animals, taking off her shoes, putting on her shoes, putting on someone else's shoes, making goofy faces at Jackson, fighting with Liam, conjugating Spanish verbs...) and put on her buckle.

Today, she was actually sitting down and focusing on putting her seat belt on, but she was having a hard time.

Isabella: "Mmmmmmm! This is so frus-ter-a-ting!"

Kat: "Is it?"

Isabella: (ignoring me) "I know! I have to stop. breathe. and think. That's what I'm going to do." Silence. "Okay. That's better."

Um. Holy well-adjusted four year old, Batman.