Parenting Moment #1

So yesterday morning was a little stressful because as soon as Harper wakes up in the morning she wants CANDY!  I proceed to tell her no and ask her what kind of cereal she would like.  Now this kid is in a stage right now where she cannot make up her mind, so I just picked Cheerios and gave them to her.  She cried and didn't want them, so I told her that is "what she is getting for breakfast and to eat it", and I walked away to get ready.  I'm in my bathroom brushing my hair and I hear Alexa say, "Oh no, Harper, your cereal tipped over."  I'm thinking as I go out into the dining room that she has tipped it over on purpose because she doesn't want it.  Harper has done this in the past so I was a little bit frustrated and angry as you can imagine.

When I get there all the milk is out of the bowl and a few Cheerios and the rest is still in the bowl.  So I picked up Harper and put her in the corner telling her, "Bad girl and your going to eat this cereal." 
As all of this is going on, Alexa is trying to tell me something and I'm telling her "to be quiet and that I don't want to talk right now."

So after all of that drama and about 20 minutes later we are getting ready to leave for school.  Alexa looks at me and says, "Mom, you know when Harper's bowl tipped over this morning, it wasn't her fault, it was actually mine because I was reaching across the table to get my pencil."  I said, "What?  It wasn't Harper.  Why didn't you....." and I was about to say, "tell me."  But then I remembered that she had been actually trying to tell me but I told her to be quiet! 

There were some apologies to go around and I must confess that I was embarrassed in how I had acted before I even knew what had happened.  Alexa taught me yesterday.  I thought she was really brave to tell me after the fact because she didn't know if she was going to get in trouble are not.  She did the right thing anyways and that made both me and her Dad proud.  I guess we must be doing something right, which is nice to know, when day to day you worry about whether you're doing the right things!

I was totally schooled by my 4 year old and I think that is awesome!