Friday, February 3, 2012

Lessons Learned

When Hannah was little (really up until she was about 7) she had a record of lying and so we worked on teaching her to always tell the truth.  Over the past year or two I have seen a significant improvement and she now understands why lying is wrong and that it usually is best to just go ahead and tell the truth up front or pay much worse consequences later.

So, the other night Jay drove her to gymnastics classes and then afterwards got her some tacos from Taco Bell for her dinner.  Abby got bummed that I made her a frozen pizza for dinner instead of taking her out for fast food and since Jay knows his daughter so well he asked Hannah not to mention it to Abby that he had gotten her tacos or she would throw a fit.  Well, after they got home, Hannah asked me what Abby and I had for dinner and I told her.  Then, I asked her if she had eaten anything and she said, "No.  Why are you asking me that?"  I said I was just wondering and asked if she wanted me to fix her something and she declined.

About an hour later Hannah asked me if I could get her a bowl of cereal, but she whispered it to me so Jay wouldn't hear.  I said sure and got up to get it.  She told me not to let daddy know and I said that Daddy wasn't going to be mad that I was getting her a bowl of cereal for dinner, especially since it was 8:00 and she hadn't eaten anything for dinner.  After she eats her cereal, she comes over with worry all over her face and says, "Mom, I need to tell you something but you can't tell daddy. I did eat dinner earlier because he got me tacos and that is why I didn't want him to see me eating again."  I said, "Why didn't you tell me the truth in the first place?" And she said, "Well, daddy told me not to tell Abby because he didn't want Abby to get mad and when you asked me if I had eaten she was in the room."  I told her thank you for telling me the truth and that I understood why she did it and that it was important to keep a secret like that and that Daddy was right, Abby would have gotten so mad. 

What a pickle my little lady found herself in and I am so glad she worked it out in her head and told me the truth.  Sometimes doing the right thing is hard.

Hannah & Sammy

Love her angelic face :)

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