Our goofy girl

Addie is a wonderful and happy little girl - most of the time. When she's tired or not feeling well, she can be cranky and whiny with the best of them. Last night was one of those times. We were trying to have Family Home Evening, which she usually loves because of the singing and we read from the Book of Mormon Stories book. Plus, she loves being with both Jason and I which happens less and less since Jason's been getting busier with school. Anyway, as we were trying to get started, Addie pointed to the TV and wanted to watch Elmo. We told her we weren't going to watch Elmo and that we were going to sing a song (yeah!). It did not work. She started to cry and whine and scream as if something horrible had happened. We tried everything to distract her and I even took her into her room to calm her down, which worked a little but when we came back out she pointed and cried at the TV again. So out of frusteration, I said "Do you need to go to sleep? Do you want to go to bed?" She immediately calmed down, looked at me and nodded and then pointed toward her room. So we got her ready for bed and she went to sleep - at least a half hour early. And Jason and I had Family Home Evening by ourselves, which mostly involved winding down from the whole experience.