for the first time this year, in what seems like months, both jack and ellis are at school and i am home alone. i had so many things i was going to do today, and i find myself walking around my QUIET house, accomplishing nothing. oh well, i work hard most days, i deserve a few quiet moments.
for the third time this year, hellis (see ellisisms) had a total meltdown. we were out to eat with ben, iam and jenn and hellis decided that nothing was good enough at lunch. she began by laying on the floor, then throwing trains (thomas trains), then kicking train across the restaurant, then yelling. i tried my best to calm her down but ended up carrying her to the car where it took me a solid 5 minutes to get half of her strapped into the car seat. after gathering jack, i managed to get the other half of ellis strapped in and we set out for home. jack asked me to turn up the music because, "ellis is screaming too loud." when we pulled into the garage i noticed that more than half of her body was out of her car seat. she was still yelling at the top of her lungs, at this point i didn't know what about. i pried her screaming body out of the car and into the house. she kicked me as i carried her to her room and i had to stand at her door to keep her in her room. 30 minutes later i changed her diaper and coaxed her into bed. she napped for about 2 hours and woke up with the best demeanor. we ended our afternoon playing trains and my little pony.
it just goes to show you, what you have one minute can change the next.
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Hi,
It is great to hear that other people go through the same things that I do. I am sorry to say that because they aren't always nice things. I think 3 year old girls are a total pain. Ned and I only have his kids about half the time. Ben(7) and Madeline(4)are a handful. Ben is great but thinks he knows more facts than we do. Most of the time he would rather be drawing. Madeline really thinks she knows more than we do. If you tell her the sky is blue she will insist it is orange. She is a little better since turning 4. There are a few less temper tantrums. She still will not try any new food. Ben used to be better about trying new food but has reversed. Neither one will eat vegetables. I couldn't even get Madeline to try the butter cream frosting I was making for her birthday cake. She did finally eat it on the cake but she wouldn't eat it out of the bowl. Go figure.
I am really glad to hear that your kids are doing so well. I know that Ellis had a scary start.
I will keep in touch.
Later,
Jennifer
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