Wow, what a tantrum

Our little coyote had a most impressive tantrum in the store today. It was the first time I actually had to leave my cart full of stuff and haul her out to the car and go home. Truly outstanding work on her part, I must say. All because she couldn't sit in the basket part of the cart. I have to commend her persistence. Little does she know that her mommy can and will outstubborn her. Hopefully she'll figure that out sooner rather than later.

Unfortunately, I still need to go shopping, and Jay is out of town. Fortunately, he gets home late tonight, so I can try again tomorrow with the little dickens, and if things go similarly, she'll have another golden learning opportunity, and I can go back by myself after dinner.

Where are the medals of honor for keeping my cool while she was having her meltdown in public? I swear to you, I even had a small, pleasant smile as I wrangled my wiggly-squiggly-screaming girl through the store toward the doors. I was kind of trying not to laugh, though I can't say now why I thought it was funny. I will say, there were relatively few folks giving me the evil eye for having such an "unruly and loud" child. Most people seemed somewhat amused by the free show. Or maybe that was my imagination.

Anyway, I guess she's ready to be 2!