Sharing? Yuck!

The last couple of mornings have been interesting. I think the kids are a little off because they are not feeling well and as a result, they do not want to play nicely with each other. There has been a lot of screaming and fighting as we're getting the day moving.

Part of this is teaching Aitana the concept of sharing. She wants to play with her toys AND brother's toys, but brother can only play with his toys. If he touches her toys, all hell breaks loose. So, they were playing nice and quiet for a while and then I hear the screaming and I just yell "Stop!"

Aitana comes over and says "Gabriel won't let me play with his toys." And here comes the explanation again.

I'm not sure what happened, but something seemed to click. "If you want brother to share his toys, you have to share yours with him." "Huh?" "You have to let brother play with your toys if you want to play with his, that's called sharing." Then came the light bulb ...

"That's sharing?! YUCK! No way." And she walked away without another word.

Once again, my 3 year old left me speechless.