DYFS

I fear I will be meeting with the Department of Youth and Family Services today.
I'm actually very serious.

Lilly played from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. yesterday.
Lilly cannot hang that long. I know that. She likes her downtime. When Andy walked in the door at 6 p.m. after taking the girls to the pool he said, "Lilly's in the car crying." Ella was saying, "Lilly wying Lilly wying." I went to his car and she told me she wanted to walk home from the pool and Daddy didn't let her. There have been a few times when I let her walk home from the pool and I drove next to her slowly. She feels all grown up and it makes her very happy. Apparently Andy wasn't feeling it so I made a decision to drive her back to the pool and let her walk home.

This is what a happy Lilly looks like.

This is an unhappy Lilly.

This is a very unhappy Lilly.

As I drove Lilly back to the pool she was "very unhappy Lilly" sobbing and telling me that Andy had tricked her and put her in the car and driven her home. She could not pull herself together and I should have just driven her home. But nooooo, I took her to the pool parking lot and let her get out. A lady was walking her dogs and watching the whole thing. I did think for a second how this must look... 4 year old sobbing, getting out of the car, still sobbing, and walking home. I was driving next to her and talking to her through the window. She asked if she could take the short cut and I agreed. She cut through our friends' yard to ours and I watched her as she did it then I drove around.

When I pulled in the driveway Lilly was sitting in our yard with a strange woman. I got out of the car and the woman approached me asking me if I was Lilly's mother. I told her I was and that Lilly was overtired from a long day of fun. She then told me that Lilly was seen being left at the pool to walk home alone. I smiled and told her what really transpired and that I was driving next to her the entire time. I told the lady I saw the dog-walker at the pool and I also saw her at her front door watching Lilly cut through. She glared at me and left our yard.

I came inside wondering how everything went so wrong. Then I told Andy I was sure DYFS would be called and be paying me a visit.

I was thinking of all the things I could do/say when they're here...
At least I got a good chuckle.