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10/25/2003 Archived Entry: "smarts"

I don't think I should feel proud of myself for outsmarting a 4-year old, but I'm pleased that my plan is working, lol. Every night we go through the same "no you do it" back and forth about putting on Tabitha's pajamas. Frankly, I'm tired of dressing her. Some days she gets all fired up to pick out her clothes and dress herself in the morning, but she never wants to put on her pajamas. But when I try to put them on her, something goes wrong, and I can't even say what, but both of us end up ticked off. So tonight I made her a list of things to do to get ready for bed. She loves lists and never questions what is on them. She lives for crossing things off. It's working, in about 3 minutes she will not only be dressed for bed, but she'll be in bed waiting for me to sing her songs with the lights out. Now, if she'll just go to sleep sometime before 10:00pm. Though with the time changing, it doesn't really matter as long as she doesn't keep calling me.