Ciara asked me to hold her last night before bed. I was running my hands through her hair & she said:

“Thank you for giving me home, Mama”
“Giving you home?”
“Yeah. Our home. I love our home.”

Earlier in the day, she had a huge melt down when we got home from the library. She was kicking her seat, screaming that she didn’t want to go inside. Why? Because our house wasn’t green. She hollered that she hated our house. She wanted a GREEN house.

I let her stay in the car (she wanted to stay in there “FOREVER!!!”), & went inside. I got her a glass of water, & brought it out to her. She was still fuming in the car, repeating over & over about how she wanted a green house. “Dad needs to paint our house! I hate this house! I hate it!”

After she finished her water, she hopped out of the car, & went inside. Just like nothing had happened.

I am finding that a lot of these meltdowns are related to her either being thirsty or hungry. So, I am trying to keep her fed & hydrated at all times.

Sometimes, though, I have no idea what is wrong or how to fix it.