Peas and Thank You

The Best of P&TY: No Good, Stinky Rotten Cheater

After a wonderful week in paradise, our vacation is coming to an end.  I miss my girls so.  Get out your recorder, Gigi and set up Connect 4, Lu.  Mama’s coming home!

For all my bragging about what a good sport Gigi is, I’d be remiss not to share that I also have another child who is a no-good, stinky rotten cheater.

The Treat Fairy swooped down from the sky Sunday night, snatched up the twelve pieces of candy that we were spared from the onslaught of kids that were bussed into our neighborhood, and blessed us with a little game known as Connect 4.

I know that I should just be impressed that Lulu is able to play a game designed for children ages 6 and up.  But that doesn’t change the fact that she is an no-good, stinky rotten cheater.

She was yellow.

I was red.

The game started innocently enough.

Three in a row?  Don’t mind if I block that.

Apparently, she minded, jamming her aggressive little fingers down in the holes,

plucking out my piece,

and chucking it across the room.

“Fine!,” I thought, “All bets are off!” as I strategized my next play.

Only, I underestimated my opponent.

Just rub it in.

I was mad.  You could say I saw red.

I’m packing the pickles on my trip with me.  So there.

No-good, stinky rotten cheater.