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Dear Dad and WSM,

In just a couple of days Puddin Pop and I will be taking up residence at your home for a weekend of fun with my best Girlfriends from Junior High and High School (and a friend I’ve known since Grade School).  We look forward to spending time with you and appreciate you opening your home to the both of us and to Cassandra who will be coming in from Chicago.  I’m looking forward to a fun weekend.

I must warn you.  

I know you both have little tolerance for misbehaved children so I encourage you to take the next few days to put away any valuable items you do not want broken.  While I do not predict that Puddin Pop will do intentional harm to these items, you have a LOT of very pretty things to spark her interest.  She knows “to be careful” and what that means, but a stern “No” once she is already holding said items may result in a response of her throwing it to the floor.  It’s just the way it is.  I’ll do my best to keep her away from any items left out.

She is also just showing signs of entering the 3 year old phase and has the temper and tantrums that go along with that.  Fortunately she is usually pretty good around strangers and since she hasn’t seen you in over a year, I’m hoping she thinks of you as strangers and is on her best behavior.  Don’t make her your friend and it will all be good.  If you show her too much love, she will manipulate the heck out of you and scream until you do exactly as she chooses.  You’ve been warned.

I do not want to hear how I allow her to be the boss.  We went through this with her brother.  I know your feelings and I hope you can appreciate the way I’ve chosen to raise MY kids and keep your opinions to yourself.  Nothing you can say will make me less tolerant of the stages children go through.  It’s my job to raise them into confident adults and while I may give them more choices and chances than you think I should, It’s up to Me and I take my job seriously.

We look forward to visiting.  Hope nothing gets broke. Hope you put the breakables away.

Love,

Your Daughter

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