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June 13, 2006 Persistence 
Frances: Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: What? Frances: Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: Noooo..... Frances: Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: Do you want to watch a bit of TV? Frances: No. Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: How about if we read a book? Frances: Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: What do you want for supper? Frances: Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: Do you want some cheese? Or a minigo? How about toast? Frances: Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: How about some chocolate? Would you like some chocolate? Frances: Do you want to play outside in the rain? Andrea: Sweetie, it's wet outside. Frances: Yeah. Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: (sigh) Frances: Do you want to go play outside in the rain? Andrea: OK. Go put your rainboots on. Frances: Yeah! And for the record, I have NO IDEA where she gets that from. Stubborn? Me? Ahem. That little anecdote was saved from last week, by the way: it's not raining right now. But she did display this trait again last night, when Erik was putting her to sleep: "OK sweetie, it's sleep time now. " "No, it's not!" How is the training course, Andrea? you ask. Let me tell you: Tuesday we have ten hours of lectures with one fifteen-minute lunch break. How thrilled would you be? And poor Erik, he's off this week, trying to refinish our deck. He was really hoping I'd have a normal work schedule this week so I could do baby duty while he worked, and instead, he's solo Francesing in the evenings as well as working hard all day with the sander and the stains. I do have real posts coming later this week--they're in the hopper, ready to go. Which is good because with ten hours of lectures and travel time, I'm not going to get much time for original composition, am I? Posted by Andrea at June 13, 2006 7:27 AM under Beanie Baby Brags EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments I guess it's nice that she's broken the TV addiction... Anyway, pretty darn cute, as usual. Posted by: Jane Dark at June 13, 2006 6:41 AM
Tell Erik that my husband can commiserate with him. Trying to do anything outside and productive, remotely looking like constructions or something involving tools is a very, very compelling thing for toddlers. And not so good with the productivity either. Posted by: Miche at June 13, 2006 7:48 AM
Wow. Not even chocolate would distract her. That's pretty impressive. Posted by: Casey at June 13, 2006 9:47 AM
Hey. Persistance works. Good for little girly! Posted by: angela marie at June 13, 2006 11:21 AM
Laughing so hard at the little rain fan. Posted by: liz at June 13, 2006 5:24 PM
awww, rainy Francestime! Posted by: yankee transplant at June 14, 2006 5:01 PM
that is so cute. so very cute :) Posted by: suze at June 15, 2006 12:36 PM
She's quite the strong-willed little one... bravo! That persistance will serve her well. Btw, I've been meaning to congratulate you on your soon-to-be published story. That is simply awesome news! And from everything I've read here-- so well deserved. I look forward to reading your story :-) Posted by: Sandra Miller at June 15, 2006 1:46 PM
love the 2 year olds Posted by: Nick at June 17, 2006 12:44 AM
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