Emma on pop

So, it’s the end of the day. I am tired, and Emma is tired. We have been on the go and away from home for hours and it is now past bedtime. The method that Emma expresses her exhaustion is to whine and scream and cry for any and every reason. The method that I express my exhaustion is to give in to Emma’s every whim in the quest for a few moments of peace and quiet (please note: while this is my method of choice, I do not endorse this parenting style).

It was in the midst of such a scene that against my better judgment I did not intervene when Emma found a Taco Del Mar soda cup on the table and helped herself to the remaining pop therein. She gleefully sipped away at this cup, trading it in for one with more soda in it when the first cup ran a bit too low for her straw drinking skills. I sat in a chair nearby, watching with apprehension in my state of fatigue – knowing full well what was to soon occur. You see, Emma is one of THOSE kids. You know the ones….they are the kids that get super-ultra hyper when they drink soda with sugar in it. I’ve never had one of those kinds of kids before, and I always pitied parents who did. And truth be told, for some reason, I judged myself as a superior parent because I did not have one of those kids. Well, you’ve heard the Bible verse, right? It goes something like, “do not judge others or you too will be judged, in the very same way that you have judged others you will be judged”. Well, now I fully comprehend this Biblical warning because sure enough, the day will come when our little family will be out in public and Emma will have too much sugar and BAM! She’s gonna go all hyper-crazy! Me and my judgmental mouth!!

The one shiny silver cloud lining to this story is the following video. When Emma is all hyped up, she sure is a cutie! Note: this video clip takes place about 10 minutes AFTER the super-ultra hyper outburst Emma had when she was running all through the house screaming…. this time in delight rather than exhaustion.