Archive for March 30th, 2010
Why did no one warn me about the threes?
It’s like someone flipped a switch on her the very day she turned three and she suddenly morphed into this whiny little kid who can no longer speak or ask for anything in a normal tone of voice. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve already said to her that “Mama and Daddy can’t understand anything you say if you’re whining” and waited her out until she caves and asks properly or she melts down and gets it out of her system.
So this new development. DO NOT LIKE. This just might drive me bananas sooner rather than later unless it gets better soon.
And the mood swings? Wow. Whiplash, I tell you. For her and for me – the moods are that sudden.
I can show you.
J and Ava were working on a craft – a plaster handprint of hers mounted in a double picture frame. Easy enough, right?
J was rolling the plaster out while Ava was pleasantly reading him the instructions.
3.1 seconds later…this.
Absolutely no idea why.
.8 seconds after that she was patiently waiting on her daddy to finish so she could smush her hand into the goo.
And then once the project was completed she gave herself an award of some sort…
not sure exactly why but I think I can say with some certainty that it was not for Miss Congeniality. Hmmm, maybe best dramatic performance by a young actress?