I almost wrote a post yesterday morning about how SD was surprisingly unbratty this week. I guess I shouldnt have even thought it, because she made up for it last night.

One of my friends came over with her son to hang out and watch fireworks. And then my brother did also. Once they got there, SD got on what I call her "attention high." When there's people around and she starts getting any attention she acts like shes manic/high/just smoked a bunch of crack. Would not stop talking. I'm not joking, she didnt stop for hours. Narrating anything and everything she saw just to keep the attention on her. We told her to go play with the other kids over and over and she just kept coming back, wanting my friend to hang out with her instead of me. Running around kicking a soccer ball into windows and wouldnt stop running through the neighbors yard that they just planted grass in and was full of mud. We brought a speaker out and she kept demanding we play the songs she wanted. DH and I both told her no, and go play with the other kids. Awhile later we both went in for a couple minutes to put the younger 2 kids to bed. What a surprise, we come out to SD dancing to the music she wanted on with my friend. I hate that people indulge her crap, I get why they do because it feels wrong to not be extra nice to a kid, but it makes things even worse. And then friend was taking some pictures of my 2 year old and SD of course saw a camera and demanded that there be pictures of her too, so she sat and did exactly what my 2 year old had been doing - as a 9 year old.

The contrast between last weekend when we had the birthday party when she wasn't there and this weekend was obvious. All the constant attention seeking, being loud and obnoxious, and general Me Me Me makes any event less enjoyable with her there.