If that's not sass, I don't know what is.
And now she has decided to employ her sassy nature at times of discipline. A move that, maybe, isn't so wise for her and leaves me asking, "Where does this come from?!"
Yesterday, as we had guests and Little Miss was not so eager for napping (not that she ever is, but particularly not when she has others to entertain), I instructed Micaiah to put away the train she had just pulled out and head to the potty. Rather than listen to me, she (as she frequently does), yelled, "No!" and dropped the train on the floor. I gave her the look that says, "You're going to get a spanking when we're alone and unless you want to make it worse, I highly suggest you pick up that train right now" (parents sure can pack a lot of message into one look).
Her response was to put one hand on her hip and wag her finger at me, with a very smug smile on her face, as if to ask, "And what are you going to do about this?"
And then she saw what I was going to do about that. And it wasn't good.
It wasn't until I wagged my own pointer while scolding her about her inappropriate behavior that I even realized where she learned it - this is when I had to explain, "This finger is only for Momma - you do NOT wave your finger at Momma!" Since then, she has tried to sneak it out once or twice and the phrase, "Don't you point that finger at me" has been said (by me) more than I would like in this house.
That girl.
She's lucky we love her.
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