Dd and I are having a nice afternoon pottering about. Dh is coming home this evening and we've made him a cake while her little bro is asleep. She has been reading her new magazine. I'm doing a bit of housework. All normal stuff.
This morning at breakfast dd was colouring with crayons, and I said that if we remember later I'd show her how to make a scrape drawing (you know, felt pen covered in black crayon and then you scrape your picture into the crayon with a tooth pick so the felt pen colours show through).
She remembered just now and so we sat at the table together and I showed her a little one and gave her paper, pens, crayons and sticks to have a go herself.
"I DO NOT LIKE THAT WAY OF DOING A DRAWING" she says, deliberately tears and crumples my example, throws it on the floor, "I DO DRAWINGS A DIFFERENT WAY" and storms off.
WTF? I told her that ripping someone elses picture was not a nice way to behave, and she knows I'm a bit cross with her about that, but other than that I'm just shrugging and thinking well please yourself then. I am not about to offer alternative entertainment so she's rolling about the sitting room carpet feeling cross.
What went wrong? Am asking because I am interested, not because I am upset or particularly wanting tips on dealing with her (though of course don't hold back if you have something!)
She is 4.