We had such a good day. Ellie had returned to school, had a great time with her pal...we picked Matthew up from the bus (one of her favorite activities), Courtney got home in time for dinner. Lots of laughter, playing, being silly. A very happy time for all. We were even shooting hoop from upstairs (down to the first floor) and Courtney didn't yell at us.
It came time for Ellie to go to bed and suddenly she turned into Ellie-Zilla. She has done this a time or two before - she totally fixated on an idea and there was no giving it up. Last night it was "ELLIE DO IT" with pouring milk into her sippy cup. Come on, she's two. She can't pour milk from a jug into a sippy cup but she wouldn't let me do it...or Matthew...or Courtney...or Cagney (the dog) for that matter. This went on for 40 minutes until finally she was soothed. What did the trick? A large tupperware pitcher and string cheese (yes, somehow I offered her a large pitcher and put string cheese in it). This was the magic combination that stopped the sobbing and allowed her to settle in for some reading and, eventually, sleep.
This kid thing is hard.
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I hear you sister. Last night D woke up screaming in the middle of the night, had to go potty and was still half asleep as I put him on the potty and he started WAILING. I mean, WAILING. I finally got it out of him that he didn't like the position he was in on potty. Sheesh.
oy. sounds like fun! i like it that you got to the point where you'd put string cheese in a tupperware container! :)
xoxox
nice new blog look, by the way!
miss you!
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