SuperConsequences

My daughters latest and greatest is to rip her way into a powerstruggle with a tenfoot tall toddler attitude to try and expand her boundaries. Example a......."Go to the park?" she asks. "Sure" I reply, "We need to clean up first though" (put her hockey stick and ball away) "NO", "Well, then we're not going to the park" this repeats until she decides to listen....so three asks and the same three you need to clean up first. She finally does, I ask her what she would like to clean up, the ball or the stick and I take the other in to demonstrate teamwork, helping and all that good stuff. Off to the park! NOPE. Example b....."Hold my hand please" "NO!" ....aw man I inwardly groan, here we go again. "Claire we are not going to the park unless you hold my hand" the cycle repeats and we make it to the park. Here I am pushing her in the swing mentally patting my back and puffing up my selfesteem and the lil bugger starts screeching at me to stop. So I stop the swing and ask if if everythings alright. "Do it again?" she asks....."But you just yelled for me to stop?! :| okay, I'll push you again, but no yelling. If you yell we are going home". Suicides, she yells, and LAUGHS at me! Well now I REALLY have to follow through. Now she wont even walk! Shes kicking her boots off and doing the whole limp body. I try several attempts and finally say "Claire, boots on or off its all good. It is time to go home. Now either you walk home and we continue to play, or I help you and we go home and you go to bed. She totally starts walking only to go limp in the middle of the road, grrrrr.....so I pick her up and carry her home with her boots in my other hand. Hone, brush teeth, diaper change. I say again, "Yelling is not okay. It hurts my feelings and its rude. If we are to go to the park we work as a team. You need to listen to me to be safe. I love you"

She fell asleep in seconds. Sigh. So how much is toddler, vs tired, vs terrible twos? No idea lol but thank goodness shes sleeping bc Im freakin done lol

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SuperSmile

And my heart sang love as happiness fell from my smile. Love me. Hear me. To hold, to hug, to breathe, to love. Spring dawns and summer will crest. Each day to live, to give our best. Be kind, be honest. Live true, live strong. A kind heart and morals cannot steer you wrong.

Honesty is modern bravery

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SuperSimple

Water. It gives life and creates wonder. This picture reminds me of the hidden lands a childs imagination creates. That puddles are acres of possibilities. A splash, a ripple and an explosion of a created chaos. Water styling the edges of her rubber boots as her laughter crinkles her triangle blue eyes.

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