From happy to frustrated in seconds...

It's funny how things can change in an instant. We were outside playing on our little sad baby slide, the girls were having so much fun together. They were being silly, dancing on the "stage", sliding down the slide in funny ways. Then, it was time to go inside for Kacy to take a nap. Adilyn got upset because Kacy took her socks inside, then all hell broke loose. Adilyn got mad at me, and she hit me on the leg. Then, she took it out on Kacy and hit her really hard on the head. After I told Adilyn to calm down, and stop hitting everyone, I scooped up Kacy and took her upstairs. Suddenly, before I knew it I was smack dab in the middle of the biggest battle Adilyn and I have ever been in! She kept coming in Kacy's room while I was trying to put her down for her nap, then she wouldn't stay in her room. When I told her she needed to do something, her response was, "nope" or "I don't have to". She wouldn't stay in her room unless I held the doorknob from the outside (mature, I know). I sat on the stairs, and every time she came out I yelled for her to go back in. I did not know where to go from here. I love this girl more than anything, but she can frustrate me to no end! Finally, I my patience was completely and totally gone. I had to get away from the situation, but I didn't want her to think that she had won. I told her that I was going to take a shower, and that she was to stay upstairs until I was out of the shower. Now, I don't think she actually stayed up there because when I went upstairs to check on her, she miraculously had some "downstairs" toys up there, but whatever. I was so done...I told her that she had to clean her room before she came downstairs. If she listened to me this time, I felt like she had learned her lesson. She returned downstairs about 2 minutes behind me. There were about 20 books on the floor, so I knew that there was no way she was done. She kept saying she was done. I told her not to lie, and she kept saying, "But, Mommy, I am not lying. I promise." Of course, when I went to check her work, not one book was picked up. I told her that she needed to tell the truth, and that she needed to really clean her room. Finally, it was done. Maybe she thought that she had won, maybe she learned her lesson, maybe she did not learn anything...whatever the end situation...it was over! Now, we are sitting on the couch. I am writing this, she is working on her letter sounds in a workbook, we are both over our Battle Royale, until next time. :)