A day at the zoo? Well... I hope so.

Erin is kind of a spoiled brat. Whenever we say we're going anywhere, the first thing she does is to ask what we're going to buy her when we get there. It's really bad. We've really been trying to cut down on the stuff and the random expenditures because that stuff is going away for the most part in just a few months when Thak is out of the Army. We are taking a MASSIVE cut in income, and simply, buying something for her to play with for five minutes and then never again, every time we set foot anywhere that sell stuff, is NOT happening. We've been cutting back for a long time now, but it does nothing.

We were planning to go to the zoo today. When I told her that, she started talking about what we would buy her in the gift shop. I said no, we weren't going to buy anything at the gift shop, and she pouted for an hour, all the way through lunch. Thak got mad, and said we weren't going. I said I am so sick of just sitting at home and doing absolutely nothing, and I don't think it's fair to punish the whole family for Erin's attitude, so we are still going.... if Erin will ever get dressed. She isn't speaking to us, and is having MAJOR attitude issues.

I just wanted a fun day at the zoo.... Why is that too much to ask? It shouldn't be. Other people accomplish this all the time, and manage to get out of the house and do stuff, and their kids don't act like this. Hell, Orren doesn't act like this. I notice we did more stuff while Erin was in FL last summer than we usually do while she's here, because it's so much more fun to do pretty much anything without her terrible attitude along for the ride. I guess we'll see if it improves. Her life will be a lot easier if she would stop tying fun to how much money is spent on her.