Rachel is not quite herself when she is sick

Rachel does strange things when she is sick. Like a couple weeks ago she had a fever, and I told her I'd meet her up in her room to read a story after she turned off the TV. I got out the book and waited patiently in her room, but she didn't come. I called to her a few times, but when she didn't answer I went downstairs to see what was taking her so long. This is how I found her:


She gets pretty cranky, too. She's been fighting off a cold this past week, and on Sunday she had a really bad day. Here are a few direct quotes:

“I’m gonna say please until you say yes. Please please please please please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEAAAAAASE!”

“If you don’t put ice in my sippy cup, I’ll hate you forever.”

“Meanie head!”

To Ethan: “Put me down, you horrible filthy beast!”

When I took Rachel outside the church building because she was screaming and running down the hall, I told her that we could go back inside if she could stand quietly by the wall and show me that she could be reverent for 3 minutes. Instead, she started dancing and spinning. I told her that I would start the 3 minutes as soon as she came to stand by the wall. She spun around on her toes and said “I’m just going to keep dancing until you give up.” “I’m not going to give up,” (I managed to say this calmly) “we’ll just stay out here until you show me that you can be reverent.” Then she started singing “You’re gonna give uuuuh-up, you’re gonna give uuuuh-up, you’re gonna give uuuuh-up!”

And my personal favorite:

When I told her I only had time to tell her one story tonight, she screamed “Why don’t you spend some time thinking about your daughter instead of YOURSELF and cleaning your KITCHEN!”

Geez, I thought I had another 10 years before I'd start hearing comments like that last one...