Hi Everyone! I hope that your weekend has been as great as ours. We spent a lot of time with family this weekend. Friday night we had dinner out with my stepbrother Randy and his family (more on that eventful night in a sec). Yesterday, my sister-in-law Jill was in town with her new little baby girl, Addison. I took the kids to my mother-in-law’s house to visit with them for awhile. Then today, my sister and her family came to Bonlee for lunch, so we got to spend some time with them. I so appreciate every person in my family and the influence they have on my children. We are all so different, but my family (while a tad crazy:)) is a good mix of people.
It was a really warm day here in NC, so we spent a lot of time outside. We had a fire in our firepit at the house this afternoon, and Jason actually only just now came inside!
Jason giving Charlie a fire safety lesson-or a lesson in something!
Maddie loved warming her hands by the fire.
The moon was beautiful!
So, back to dinner Friday night. Maddie has been a handful this week. I know that she has her 2-year molars coming in (one finally popped through today), and she has had a little cold, but she has been really hard to handle. I had already decided earlier in the week that I am just going to have to start laying down the law with her, but that is really difficult to do in a crowded restaurant. So I am officially one of THOSE people: you know, the ones with the obnoxious kid in the restaurant that ruins everyone else’s meal? That’s me. Maddie was a nightmare. She refused to sit in her highchair, refused to sit with anyone but me, then finally refused to sit anywhere! She wanted to wallow around in the restaurant floor or dance around in the middle of the crowded aisle in the way of the waitresses. She threw toys and was just all-around awful.
Ugh! It was not the way I had envisioned dinner going. I am not exactly sure how I am going to handle Maddie as she moves into her two’s and three’s. I love her spirit and her independence and her personality. She has great qualities that will make her a very powerful woman, and I certainly don’t want to spoil those traits. She is so different from Charlie, and I am going to have to come up with some new strategies. One thing I do know is this: Maddie will not be eating anywhere but Chick-Fil-A or McDonalds for at least a year!
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
I’m really not looking forward to that phase with Emma.