Problem Solving

"I don't want to be a part of this family."

I know 4-year-olds will often say "You're a mean mommy" or "I don't like you", things of that ilk. And we've had some of that, often said in a fit of anger.

But today, when I asked her to pick something up, Lee announced to me in a completely detached manner that she no longer wants to be part of our family.

Now whenever Lee wants to do something that we are just not going to do (case in point: have a baby boy), I tell her, "When you grow up, you can do x or y or z." So it should have been no surprise that when I told her that she was stuck with us as a family, she responded "When I grow up, I'm getting a new mommy and daddy."

Problem solving. That's my girl.