Grandmother's Rights

I went to Walmart the other day with Jessica and Charlotte.

Charlotte wanted a Little Mermaid baseball cap. Jessica wanted her to want a plain pink one.

I indulged Charlotte; Jessica whined all the way to the cash register, even though she'd thrown the plain one into the shopping cart during her grown-up tantrum. Happy toddler, griping "adult".

Jessica kept asking "Why????"

I just tried to explain that as the grandmother I get to occasionally buy the tacky, trendy, garish things that a toddler wants. I don't have to be practical and matchy and tasteful.

Just one of my perks.

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