Attn. Jody Conradt and all you othas...

Last night, our evening bedtime dance ensued when Lucy opted to stall. Shall we dance? She was very upset (insert DRAMA QUEEN) on the basis that she insisted I put the tshirt on backwards on her gigantic longhorn stuffed animal she'd received from Great Auntie this past Christmas. I wanted to tell her, "Pishaaawww, you shouldn't have taken it off in the first place...and YOU'RE WELCOME!" But instead, I tried to console the very unconsoleable child.

At some point, she went to her room, wailing, and dropped in her doorway, on her hands and knees and threw the very beloved Bevo, the gigantic longhorn stuffed animal. It was actually a gift to both of the kids, but Lucy conned Max into getting dibs with Bevo at night, and then during the day too. She loves Bevo and sleeps with Bevo every night. But not tonight, because she threw her fit, and momma's gotta lay down the law. Stop it now, before she's 14 and doing this. Right?

And so, I say it. "MAX, YOU GET TO SLEEP WITH BEVO TONIGHT. LUCY,YOU HAVE LOST YOUR PRIVILEGE (AND YO MIND, GIRL) TO HAVE BEVO."

And, enter left stage, temper tantrum drama queen. Oh, what a doozie. I stuck to it though. Eventually, after Ricardo and I seperately calmed her down, she went to her room and accepted the punishment. It was quiet. And then, Lucy steps out of her room, and just before I can holler "GET IN YOUR ROOM OR I'LL TAKE YOU'RE OTHER DOLLS OUT" (I'm tough like that) She holds up her MagnaDoodle and it looks something like this:

So, instead of the screaming, I look at Ricardo and tell him, "Look at that." Then look back at Lucy and say, "Sweetie, you used your words to express yourself, and you wrote a sentence! Good Job! I'm proud of you! Come give me a hug!"

"Mommy, can I have Bevo now?"

"No. Goodnight Lucy."

It took everything I had to not give her that damned longhorn back. But I had to stick to my consequence. So, I did. But after she fell asleep, I snuck in and put Bevo back in bed with her.

By the way, she also wrote us two more MagnaDoodle notes:

Bevo's Mad

I had to ask her about this one. She was very happy to translate: I'm REALLY MAD!

Bevo is the mascot for the University Of Texas Longhorns. Perhaps she could go play there. I wonder if Jody Conradt will still be coaching in 20 years. Jody, if you are, call me. Clearly my daughter is brilliant, well educated and well disciplined. And she's supposed to be very tall. Don't even get me started on her passion for Bevo...and whatever she wants. She wants the ball, she'll get it. And by the way, she'll be about 6'4". Call me, Jody, Call me. We go way back...I went to your basketball camp in the 8th grade. You rock.

That's how I roll.