Not So Left Out

Jocelyn got a board game as one of her birthday gifts this year, and this afternoon she and Ava were trying to play it. Molly wanted so badly to be included, but she had no desire to follow any instructions or actually play other than her own way. So to avoid massive conniptions I took Molly upstairs to her bedroom to play. We rolled a ball back and forth to each other. I made her laugh HYSTERICALLY by throwing her Elmo up into the air and catching him (no idea why this was so funny). We each got a Pillow Pet and pretended to nap on the floor. By the time the older two had finished their game Molly no longer even remembered she had been left out of anything. She was having fun of her own, and her Momma was having a pretty good time, too.