I'm Punished

This past weekend was so beautiful, sunny and warm...perfect for a little Spring cleaning, BBQ hanging with the family. However it started off a bit stressful. Friday afternoon while waiting for Baylee to get out of school Lizzy, Mackie and I were sitting in the car. All was well in the world, at least for the moment. Then out of no where Mackie let out one of those blood curtailing screams that as a Mother you just know 'something' has happened. I jumped out of the front seat flew into the back and found Lizzy looking a little sheepish. Mackie was quick to stop when he saw me but he did seem out of sorts. I looked at Lizzy and said, 'what happened?' She refused to answer, turning away and starting to cry herself. ' What did you do I demanded?', finally she said, 'I'm too afraid to tell, you'll be mad at me'. Of course I'll be mad I was thinking in my head but instead I let her know that not telling me the truth would put her in a way worse position than if she told me NOW what happened. Meanwhile Mackie had started to giggle at the sight of his own hand so clearly it wasn't life threating but still, what did Lizzy do?? I gave her a warning let her know that we would not be going to the park with our friends after school as planned, if she did not tell me what happened. At this point I was so annoyed that she wasn't telling me it was driving me crazy. I was in the front seat by now, Baylee hopped in the truck and looked at me then said, 'bad day?' Lizzy was SCREAMING in the back kicking my seat saying 'I want to go' over and over. This as a result of me saying no park! When we got home I took her to her room and told her not to come out until I came to get her. After a breather for both of us she asked to go pee. While in the bathroom I asked her to please tell me what happened, explaining that I can't help Mackie if I don't know what happened, blaa blaa blaa... So since I was expecting her to say she clipped his seat belt, or took his toy I was a bit shocked to hear her say 'I bit him'. She was very sad, sobbing while telling me she bit his finger. Giving me a description with actions bitting her own finger. When I pushed to know if this was the first time she had bit him, no was her answer. It was extrememly hard not to show my shock but I think I handled it well. We discussed why not telling me is just like lying and why bitting is bad! Really I didn't think it needed a discussion. So I gave her two days punishment, no TV or Computer. One day for lying and one day for bitting. We still went to the park, it was nice out and since she couln't watch TV, we had to do something. But I must tell you she spent the entire weekend telling all her siblings, our company, her friends frankly anyone who would listen that she was being punished. For kinda lying and bitting Mackie. But she finished her story every time by saying - 'and I'll never do it again'. And we thought she was perfect!