First, there was just general fussiness of unknown origin. I wanted to see the first part of Regis and Kelly, but Avery wanted to fuss in my ear. Putting her down was not acceptable. Then I had the bright idea of talking about her happy birthday coming up. We tried on her outfits (which made her cry) and we looked at the supplies for her party (crying when I took them away). I found the Mickey coloring book I forgot to take to the beach, so I thought that would be a good distraction from the birthday she kept asking for. We reviewed crayon rules, and coloring went well. When the coloring was done after 2 minutes, I packed up the crayons and returned them to their safe spot. That's when I heard the vicious scribbling.
Apparently, I overlooked the blue. I'm sure this is pretty normal, so I made her aware of the fact that this isn't acceptable and let it go. The head-down crying came when I tried to take her picture by her mess. The only way to recover from this was an early lunch, because we both seemed to be struggling with low blood sugar. The last straw came when she dropped her cup on her foot. I know that hurt, and I kissed and blew on it (long story), but the screaming continued. It continued until the first piece of cheese tortellini went in her mouth. Luckily, Ned gets off at noon on Wednesdays, and nap time always follows lunch.
After a good rest, all was right with the world again.
Boy did the mention of Chik-Fil-A lemonade bring out claps and the good screams. And boy could I get teary about how grown she looks when she drinks it. Tough times happen, and they are just as much a part of our lives as the good. I may omit spats between Ned and I and other extended family isssues on the blog, but they occur too. (We both agree I could take the blog to national fame if I would just throw Ned's family under the bus, but I digress). Luckily, naps all around, lemonade, and a much-requested trip to the house get us back where we need to be.
5 comments:
OH we have days like this too...in fact a lot of afternoons here lately are that way after I get her home. Not sure why she tries me but she does for some reason! I think it's the "terrible two's" our girls are experiencing...hehe!
That sounds like our day yesterday! Thankfully, in spite of our rough day, we all still loved each other at the end of the day. Haha.
Sweet pictures! Boy do we relate....we sure have lots of these days, it always feels good to know others have them too;) Your girl is too cute.
those first two pictures cracked me up! bless her heart with her little head down on the table - pitiful!! :)
we've definitely had those kind of days - and boy are they rough!! libbi makes me blow on her boo-boos because that was daisy's cure for goofy on one of the mickey mouse episodes. i don't really appreciate when she tries to blow on my pretend boo-boo's though -ha! ;-)
Love the pouting picture of her head on the table! Too cute!
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