First, apologize to yourself*

Violet doesn't just hate being scolded by me; she hates being scolded by anyone.  Two days ago, in the car:

Violet: I scolded myself!

Me: You did? Why?

V: Because I don't yike it!  Say sorry to me!  Sorry, Vye-yet.  I 'give you.  I scolded myself.  I say sorry to me.

I think her post-game recaps are my favorite part of these conversations.  I will also miss her baby talk when she starts pronouncing her L's correctly.

* The title of this post is an inside joke with myself, because no one else reading this will understand it.  When I was a junior in high school, a fellow student in my history class so offended our teacher that the teacher told him, "First, apologize to yourself" (the "for being such an ass" was implied).  The poor kid said, "I'm sorry."  Then the teacher said, "Now apologize to the class."  "I'm sorry."  "Now apologize to me."  "I'm sorry."  It's still funny to me, 20 years later, especially because I'm still friends with this student.