When your 5 in an 8 year old world

This sweet muffin....

....hasn't been so sweet.  In fact, she had a very difficult summer.  Unfortunately, her older siblings had a lot of great stuff going on.  Birthday.  Baptism.  More birthday celebration.  Running stuff.

And someone was feeling neglected.

And became naughty.

And Mom and Dad didn't know what to do with their "SO SWEET" Peachy.

None of the tricks we used on the big kids worked.  Now what.

There were several days when all she had in her room was her bed and dresser.  All her toys, books, stuff had been put into timeout.  We didn't know what to do.

A neighbor and very good friend gave me a wise piece of advice.  "Love them when they least deserve to be loved". 

Right at that time, the big kids went back to school and our Peachy was inundated love.  More love than she could handle.  And she earned all her toys and books back.  She filled up her "Happy Chart" with stickers and earned a trip to Chuck E Cheese.

Our Peachy is back.  We missed her.

And Mom and Dad learned a very valuable lesson about love.