I often refer to Cate, Felicity and Angela as my “three little hens”, and in part it’s because they peck at each other. There’s never any bloodshed—not to worry—but they do seem programmed to pick and peck and just plain PROVOKE.
It’s so annoying.
I tell them to ignore the offender and sometimes they even take my advice. Incredible, right? I thought that didn’t happen until they reached their 30th birthday.
And so the other day Angela was becoming extremely irritated by a ditty that Cate was singing. “Angela is a stinker pot…” Cate warbled, over & over & over again.
I don’t see why this would bother Angela, do you?
Still. Kudos for her, she merely left the room without smacking her sister beforehand. She did, however, toss the following remark over her shoulder:
“Sticks and stones may break my bones…
“…but songs will never hurt me.”
One dispute down.
12, 482 to go.
AMDG,
Too cute! We have similar talk going on at our house right now too…
Girls. Gotta love ’em.
Of course, this never happens in my house.
The walking away part, I mean.
Bravo for Angela!
I have three (with a fourth sure to join in as soon as she can talk) hens in my house as well. I wonder if the bickering will ever end? Stinker seems to be the word of choice for my girls too. Walking away… not so much.
I do like that you spell Cate with a C. My little Catie is with a C too. She is named for Catherine Laboure and it didn’t seem right to change it to a K.
Sugar and stones/Sticks and spice… Good job on Angela’s part. Maybe it’s a trend. Maybe my girls can learn something by reading this.
Cute, cute story!
My kids are so used to me saying, “Just ignore him,” when someone is being mean that the other day Bennett said something mean to Marcus and when Marcus expressed anger at the issue Bennett screamed back, “Just ignore me, Marcus!” 🙂
PS-
You are constantly in my thoughts and prayers. I can’t wait for the arrival of your sweet baby!!
LOVE it! I only have boys, but they can be hennish, too. Only with the physical stuff that boys think they must do: like poking and thumping and putting one’s pointer finger just an INNNNCHHHH away from the victim and saying, “I’m not touching you!” over and over.
Good for Angela for walking away…her reward is in Heaven!