Navy and Scout were having fun in the pool. Part of that fun was doing a coin drop. That’s fine. But my rule is that they get every single coin out of the pool before they get out. That is easier said than done when there are about 150 pennies in the pool. Scout spent a bunch of time getting a bunch out, and I told him he could be finished and that lazy Navy would have to get the second half out.
And then our standoff began.
After whining and complaining, screaming and crying, and doing nothing on her end, I told her that she wouldn’t come in the house until every penny was out of the pool.
10 minutes.
30 minutes.
60 minutes.
2 hours.
And then she laid by the pool and fell fast asleep.
I reapplied sunscreen and let her sleep.
It looked like it was going to be a long day.
A really long day.
And then look what sweet little legs came to her rescue.
When she woke up to see that her brother was there to help, she dunked right in and got to work.
Scout is as sweet as they come when he sees someone in a bad spot.
And apparently, all my stubborn little girl needed (after three hours) was a little sidekick action.
Why she didn’t work alongside that sidekick in the first place, nobody will ever know.
Unfortunately, my younger self might have “known”.
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