*Lesson Learned*

Well I hope so anyway! Yesterday after picking Lexi up from school I stopped by a friends to pick up my camera. We chatted for a bit, then it was time to head home and think about feeding my kids some dinner... Well miss Lexi had other plans that did not include coming home with me! Imagine that. she wanted to stay and play. I said No. I'm mean like that in all. Lexi decided she would sit her little butt down on the front lawn and proceeded to tell me she's staying there. Really? You think so?? Well I'm leaving and if your not in this car in 5 seconds it looks like your going to have a nice cold long walk home missy!! She sat there. Under any other situation I would have snatched her little butt up and put her in the car, then she would have spent the evening sitting on her bed BUT... I had an ideal situation to work with and Aimee was backing me 100% so I said bye I'm heading home. Aimee told her they're going inside to eat dinner, then they have to take Jayce to scouts. Well I got in the car, they went inside and there she sat and waved as I drove away. I was on the phone with Aimee with in a second, she was watching Lexi though the window (Lexi couldn't see her), Lexi just sat there. She ended up staying out there for 45 minutes, when finally Aimee went out to "check her mail" and acted surprised and said what are you still doing here? Lexi said I never came back and got her, so Aimee said well it looks like you have 3 choices here, 1. I can give you a blanket to sleep out here tonight, 2. You can start walking or 3. You can call your mom and apologize and then ask her if it's ok that I give you a ride home. She chose to call me. When she got home she gave me the biggest hug and said she'll never not listen to me again, she missed her happy family so much, she was so scared, it felt so good to be home and on and on. I got huge hugs, kisses and endless I'm sorrys all night long. You'd thought she'd been gone for weeks! I wish I could have caught it all on tape, I mean the looks on her face as she came home was priceless, her quivering voice made me sad, but dang it, it was about time she learned a lesson and if it's not a lesson learned I promise I'll pay for her therapy later in life :)!

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