Well another month has past and my "baby" is now two and a half! We have spent a lot of this past month outside, riding bike and blowing bubbles. Macyn continues to amaze us with the words she has and her big personality. Needless to say, most of the past month has consisted of whining and crying and throwing tantrums. She also has her good side too. Here are the "good" things about being two.
• She can now pull down her pants and go to the potty all by herself - #1 AND #2 :)
• She can tell the quite the stories and has a big imagination. She gets so excited sometimes that she begins to stutter.
• One of her favorite sayings is, "Oh my goodness!" and she says it quite often
• Her favorite colors are pink and purple, and she thinks yellow and orange fruit snacks are the yucky ones
• She loves to paint, blow bubbles, and play in water
• She can take a bath by herself. Sometimes we aren't paying attention and all of a sudden we will hear the toilet flush. She gets out of the tub by herself, goes potty, flushes, and gets right back in. Little miss independent!
• We are still working on her bedtime routine to have her fall asleep by herself.
• She is really smart - I was listening to the Christian radio station and all of a sudden Macyn goes, "You like Jesus music, Mommy?" I seriously had no idea she even knew the difference!
Bad things about Macyn? Temper tantrums. About anything, and everything. Here is a sampling of the past day (yes, past day):
• Refuses to wear an outfit because she didn't like purple that day
• Yells and says, "OPEN YOUR EYES!" when I am trying to take a nap
• Gets upset that she wants a bagel for breakfast....we haven't had bagels in the house for over a month
• Give her a waffle instead and then she gets mad when it was toasted golden brown, because then its, "yucky"
• Refuse to bring her backpack with her clothes in it, and finds an old baby diaper bag instead
• Give her a cup of juice at church, where she says, "I want ice in it!"
• Bringing her to the wrong bathroom stall that results in getting her fingers slammed in the door
• Wanting to wear church shoes that are two sizes too small
• Taking her step stool away because she likes to turn on the water in the bathroom and leave it running
• She also got mad at me at the table because I put chip dip on my plate
• Eating a banana and then accidentally breaking it in half - declares she needs a big one. I didn't give her another one, which resulted in her banana being chucked across the house
Now, some of these things she argues about don't seem so bad, but it is usually followed by kicking, screaming, whining, hitting, biting...the whole works.
She also talks back. When I scold her she says, "stop it, mommy!" She also has a sweet side to her too...if she does something wrong, she will usually come up to me, give me a big hug and say, "sorry, Mommy...love you!"
Despite her tantrums, we still have good times together - being silly, going to the park, playing outside, and letting her help us in whatever we are doing (such as making supper). Every time I work out, she always has to copy my stretches. And putting her to bed at night with a great big hug and a kiss and an "I Love you?" Bittersweet.
