Mary decided that when we got home she'd go see her 'friend' at his house. She talked about it in the car all the way home. She has had this 'friend' for quite a while now. She also knows that she can stay there....there is a bed for her too! Well, when we got home she proceeded to tell me that she's going to walk to her 'friends' house and that it's far. When I realized she wasn't going to stop at the end of the driveway, I asked where exactly is her 'friends' house and if it was far...shouldn't she wait until we could drive?? She proceeded to inform me that the house was by 7th St. (for those not familiar....it's a VERY busy street about 3 blocks away) So realizing she really was going to go, I had to inform her that it was not safe for her to go. We were doing ok, she cried a little but let me take her into the house.....where she proceeded to scream her head off that she wanted to go outside....(out front) I tried to lure her to the backyard with thoughts of toys but nothing was deterring her. So I explained that she cannot play out front because someone might come by and take her and she'll never see her parents, friends, family etc again and she wouldn't like that. She paused and thought about it...but wasn't ready to give up. So....I picked her up and brought her inside where she then ran to her room and kicked and screamed (and I mean screamed!) for a few minutes. It was quite comical as I am too tired from a long day at work to argue ....and her tantrums are usually short if left without an audience. Which was then stopped when she brought me a kleenex so that I could wipe her nose which of course was running from all the crying/screaming. After that....she finally decided to watch a movie.
That did remind me of my favorite picture of Mary....It was taken in Tucson when we were there for the UofA vs. ASU fooball game at the beginning of Dec. It captures Mary in all her glory.....
