Trials of parenting a 3 (almost 4) year old...

Miss Payton has been in fine form recently. For the most part she is the cutest little thing... she will help Addie if she wants something, or keep her away from anything she shouldn't have, playing SO nice and quiet by herself in her room, singing, dancing around the house with Addie, going to bed like a good girl.... And then the fiesty, independent Payton trys to make us run for the hills! Dinner time is always a trial with Payton. She is a good breakfast and lunch eater, but dinner she could do without. The girl has never been into eating, and to get her to stop what she is doing to eat with us is like pulling teeth. She us up down, up down, around the kitchen, running around the living room, saying "I'm not hungry.", "I don't want to eat too much.", or the favorite it "I want to give you, daddy or my sister a hug and a kiss first.' ARGH. This we can almost deal with if we have hours for her to finish her dinner. She eventually will eat it, but she wants to take her sweet time doing it. We have attempted all the tricks in the book, and have gotten nowhere. And don't even get me started on the sassy mouth... What do you do when that sweet little face gets all scrunched up and says to you "NO, I DON"T WANT TO!"... Tonight we had a time out and she was getting more and more mad and loud at me because I was staying totally calm and just talking with her. Do we have a teenager living in our house or a 3 year old... We sorta skipped those "terrible twos", but seem to be making up for it now. I want her to be her own person, but geez what a pain in the @#$ it is:) We keep telling ourselves consistency, consistency, consistency... But any of you with kids out there know how difficult that can sometimes be!

Matt Millen is Gone!

The Lions finally got rid of general manager Matt Millen. The Lions are as stinky as ever and his management ability was obviously no good. Not sure what will happen next but don't count on the Lions suddenly becoming competitive.

Hooray for Addie!

Addie went on the potty for the first time yesterday! She woke from her nap at daycare dry so her teacher put her on the potty (they usually try to do that with every diaper change) and she actually went! We are FAR away from being potty trained,but this is a fun development!

You HAVE to check out our link "It's Lovely! I'll Take It" if you havent' already. A friend of ours came across this blog, and it is hysterical!

What a Sweetie!

Last night after dinner I was going into the laundry room to switch loads... Payton was just hanging on to my leg. This is a big thing for Addie to do. Addie wants to be LITERALLY touching either Brian or I at all times. I remember Payton went through that stage as well. Anyway, Payton was just holding on and I said "Payton, why are you holding on to my leg so tight? I just need to finish what I am doing." Her reply was "I have to Mumma, I just love you so much!" After that I scooped her up, forgot about the laundry, and gave her a thousand smooches!

Our Labor Day...

It started out great for me, maybe not as fun for Brian! I was off on Friday afternoon with 8 friends for a girls night. We went to a casino/hotel about 45 minutes from here. We ate, gambled, swam and stayed up way to late. I was so proud of myself. I don't remember the last time I was up at 3am without one of my babies in my arms! My one friend designated everyone to a room dependent on if they snored or not... I was in the "quiet" room, but even so I was so tired on Saturday! Brian had his first night (he has picked up the girls and got them fed and to bed many times alone) that Brian had totally alone with the girls. The all had a great daddy daughter night. Although they were all thrilled when I got home around noon Saturday!

Saturday night we were to a BBQ at our neighbors. The girls were having a good old time running around with the other kids, and parents... The both got to sleep a little bit later than usual, but we were up and to church on Sunday morning. Payton starts Sunday School this coming Sunday so we wanted to be sure we knew where to go and showed her where she would be. The great thing is that the little girl down the street is in her class and her only friend that is not a girl from daycare. Payton does not like boys at all, unless it is one of her Papas or Daddy. Other than this little guy. We think it is because they are "thumb sucking buddies". But either way it is a good thing that he will be in her class. And we found out that one of my friends is going to be her teacher this year. So that is fun.

Monday we had a picnic with friends at a local park and then they came back here and their daughter, Payton's best buddy Ava, and our girls all climbed into our inflatable pool in the backyard and proceeded to totally wear themselves out! I think all the girls took a good nap that day!

That and about 7 loads of laundry is our weekend in a nutshell. Whew... glad we are back to the old grind. I guess fall is on its way... we are a high of only 70 for the next week...