We are now a week and a half away from the terrible twos! Why is it that for some reason my little angels little brain does not understand that. She is going to be very advanced because it seems she has started already! Almost hourly she has a screaming fit about something or another. She won't stay in her bed, she won't eat, she won't share, she won't wear pants, she won't wear shoes unless she knows for a fact that we are going somewhere. Then it is over and the world is fine again! Isn't that amazing how the little mind can work? I know that Wynter had the same trouble but really do we have to go through it again with the second child? Isn't the second child supposed to be the perfect one that can do no wrong(speaking from a second child of course!)?
I hope everyone had a great 4th. We spent the day at the Edina and Chanhassen parades. My mom is on the minnesota equestrienne team, they do a few parades throughout the summer. My husband is the pooper scooper so we brought the kids along to enjoy the fun. They have never seen so much candy! Who knew that parades were all about getting as much candy as one can fit into a bag. We were fortunate enough to have someone give us a bag with a program and a flag in it at the beginning of the parade so we just happened to have a bag for the bazillians of pounds of candy that the girls were thrown. Fun was had by all until 2 am when we had dueling vomiters. Ahh, the joy of children that are too young to make it to the toilet. When does that happen anyway? I am pretty sure it is from the sandwich we had for lunch because only the girls and I had problems and we ate the same thing. Bummer!
In talking to people I know lately they are not sure what to think of me that I am not planning a three day celebration with as many people as I can cram into my house for Autumn's 2nd birthday. I haven't even really thought about it. I mean she is only two. Aside from looking back at the pictures is she really going to have any idea that there wasn't a great big celebration? I know people who make such a huge deal out of birthdays and then they spend more money than they have every year to make it a bigger and better party. I don't even know what to get a two year old. She doesn't really care about any specific toy right now. The things she likes she is done with in two minues anyway. She saw a doll she loved at the thrift store and just had to bring it home (thankfully, there was no tantrum involved in that one) and when things are less than $2 at the thrift store I thought why not. She hasn't touched her since! So really, why do I want to have a big extravagant party for a kid who is in the midst of the terrible two's who will be too overstimulated and probably just cry and scream most of the day? Doesn't sound like a great plan. So, I will bake her a cake. Wynter will decorate it. We will have pasta, the only thing she readily eats these days without putting up a fight and let the grandparents figure out what to buy her for gifts! :)
have a great day.
