Being 2 and having an attitude just isn't a good mix!

I love all of my children!  They are all wonderful in their own way, and I love all of their strengths and weaknesses, their sparkling personalities, and their less than perfect flaws.  But, neither of my older two ever acted the way that my 2 year old acts.

I don't know if it's because she's the third child, or because she thinks she can get away with it, or that she's a baby and that's how she's supposed to act?  Who knows, but I'm SO ready for her be 3 and MAYBE she'll get over this horrible behavior!

Here are some of the things that my little angel w/ a tarnished halo has done:
1.  She slaps me when she's trying to get her way and I want her to do something different.
2.  She puts her finger to her mouth and says, "Shhh!" when I tell her to stop doing something she's not supposed to do.
3.  She tells me to "relax" when I tell her to stop saying "Shhh"
and now I'm feeling like I've blogged about this before!
4.  She is VERY stubborn and STRONG!

Now, to someone outside of our family, that may seem minor, but if you would see the faces that she makes when she's doing this, or the pure evil attitude that pours out of her when she's acting this way, it's not minor.
And I am trying my hardest to nip it in the bud, because I can discipline her now.  I can't discipline her for this type of behavior when she's 15.  But, OH it's hard!

The thing is, she's like Jekel and Hyde.  She can tell you "bless you" when you sneeze, and turn around and slap you on the face if you tell her no!  She's such a beautiful little girl, and when she's good, she's really good.  But when she's bad, she's really bad!
And it's so hard to be stern w/ her when she shh's you and tells you to relax!  What 2 year old does this?!

I just had to vent a little.  I'm not trying to air my dirty laundry, but she is just such a pistol, I had to vent!

I hope that I'm doing the right thing and that this is just a phase.  I'm hoping that she will start to see things my way and will change her behavior.  Her personality of a spitfire should stay the same, because that's just who she is, and I really wouldn't want that to change.  But, her attitude better change!  And fast!!!!  I'm becoming quite exhausted from dealing w/ her!

Ok, I feel better now! 

Odd ramblings

My youngest daughter has a coughing/cold virus and so she's sleeping w/ us.  I don't really understand why.  Last night I could see, because she was coughing really bad, and had a low grade fever.  But, tonight, she seems to be on the mend.  Other than the droopy eyes.  Not even a lot of coughing.

Anyway, that's not why I'm typing this.  Here's why.  I'm laying here in my bed, checking my email on my laptop, and E. is laying next to me w/ her stuffed dog Honey and her blankie and she can't fall asleep.  She wanted the light on, then she wanted it off.  She wanted my laptop to go away.  Then she started talking and talking.  I told her to be quiet and she told me to "Shh"!  Then she started singing.  Row Row Row Your Boat; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; The Alphabet, and then she FINALLY fell asleep!  How funny though that she didn't cry because she couldn't fall asleep, or whine.  She just amused herself and got herself to sleep!  I LOVE IT!!!!

On to the next child!  My oldest is a pretty smart kid.  He's very smart in math, and has common sense, which will take him far in life!  But yesterday he astounded me!  I was trying to get E. off the porch and J. was doing something on the sidewalk and he said, "Mom, are you going to acknowledge me?"  How smart that he knows what that word means and knows the context!

And then there's my sweet O.  She is my little comedian!  She has my sense of humor, which I love to see!  I laugh at everything, and I think a lot of stuff is funny or humorous, and she's the same way!  Even J. will crack up over something that I say that he wasn't expecting me to say!  They are funny kids!

Let the wind blow through your hair

Yesterday we traveled home from sunny SC after a fabulous vacation w/ family!  We were traveling along the interstate and E. decided to put her window down.  She then put her head close to the open window and let the breeze (is it still a breeze at 70 mph?) blow over her face and hair!  Then she put her little tiny fingers towards the window and tried to capture the breeze.  She turned to look at me, and as I watched her, she started to giggle and have such a blast with the wind!

As I was watching her, she totally took my breath away.  What an angelic and beautiful picture she made!  I hope to keep this image in my head for a very long time.