Having a Bad Day

After coming home from school and doing her homework, Shelby asked if she could play Xbox. I said sure, but she could only play for 30 minutes. I made sure to check what time she started. When there was about 5 minutes left, I told her. Well, she'd not started the timer when she was supposed to and she thought she still had 21 minutes left. I had to remind her that it's 30 minutes from when she starts NOT from when she starts the timer. She tried to do a mission on her game, but ended up running out of time. She started getting upset and refused to turn off the Xbox, so I had to start counting to get her to turn it off (which is a BIG no-no in our house and can lead to losing Xbox privileges).



I think she must have been a little tired that day because usually we don't have these kind of problems, but she got upset and went upstairs in her room to cry. Well, her sisters love being with her, especially after she's been at school all day, so not too long after she went upstairs, Taylor and Payden went up and joined her. She was NOT happy. She kept telling them to leave and to leave her alone, but they wouldn't. She finally came downstairs and grabbed a piece of paper and pencil. By this time Tom had come home from school. We asked her what she was doing, and she said she was making a sign for Taylor and Payden. Here's what it looked like:

"Do not climb up the ladder. P.S. Dad and Mom will get you if you come up."

"Do not disturb."

"Go away."

Well poor Shelby just has mean parents because when we saw the sign, we busted up laughing. It was SOOOOOO cute and SOOOOOO funny. By this time, it was time to start the movie Tom had gotten to watch with them, so she calmed down and the sign never got used. It was funny though. Poor girl. She doesn't usually have meltdowns, but you can always tell when she's tired because things get so hard for her. Oh, and can you guess who took the pictures of the sign? . . . Shelby. Funny girl.