Out of the blue, one day, she suddenly threw up all over. So we got her all cleaned up and bundled comfortably on the couch where she could watch movies and rest until she felt better.
Lately, she likes reminding us of things; for example, she likes to start eating dinner, then suddenly remind us, "Oh, we forgot prayer!" Or when she's going potty she'll be ready to be done then exclaim, "Oh! Forgot pee pee!" Or when we go to the store, "Oh! Forgot fruit snacks!"
So, on her sick day, she'd been resting all afternoon and into the night. Since we didn't want to upset her tummy again, we discreetly ate dinner without her while she watched her movie. I came back and handed her a cracker to eat.
She sat up and exclaimed, "Oh! I forgot eat dinner!"
That's when I had to respond, "Honey, your dinner is that cracker tonight."
She just looked at me for a minute then said, "Oh! Forgot dinner!"
I hesitated, "No, Esmé, you can't eat dinner. You can eat that cracker, though..."
It is a difficult thing to have to tell your child that dinner is a large, unsalted cracker tonight.
Poor Esmé!
1 comment:
Thankfully, giving Esmé only a cracker for dinner is a rare occurrence in your lives and not a daily reality.
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