On the drive home today Mommy told me via phone that Swee’Pea was hitting today at daycare. She hit TheMonk but also hit other little boys and girls as well. As Mommy told me the story, Swee’Pea knew I was learning about what she did. As I heard Mommy tell the story and we directed our attention to Swee’Pea, telling her that Good Girls don’t hit and Swee’Pea is definitely a Good Girl. Swee’Pea, knowing that she let Mommy and Daddy down, whispers into the phone in a heartbreaking tone of sorrow, “I said sorry.”

After lecturing Swee’Pea, Mommy continued to tell me what the daycare provider told her today. Swee’Pea has a very favorite kitty that she often takes to daycare. After putting Swee’Pea in numerous timeouts for hitting (including hitting her very own brother), the final time that Swee’Pea delivered a blow, our Daycare Provider threatened to take Swee’Pea’s kitty away.

TheMonk knows how much his sister loves that kitty. He knows that to take kitty away would be the greatest injustice ever. As he witnesses the Daycare provider taking kitty, he cannot stand the thought of his beloved sister being without her kitty and he lets the Daycare Provider know this by bursting into tears and crying out loud.

Swee’Pea got her kitty back.

And she also knows her brother’s got her back.