Dinner meltdown

Well it happened. After more than 19 months I guess it bound to happen. 

We went to out fav local brewery for dinner. They have great sandwiches. Well I must have brought the wrong kid home from day care because the one at dinner with us was not the normal Greta. She threw her food - multiple times. Cried and yelled. Threw herself to the floor. 

By far not my proudest mommy moment. Despite endless attempts to get her to stop. We paid and left. And I finished dinner at home.

Not sure what that was all about but we had a similar instance today. Tired? Yes! Teething? I think. Cranky? For sure!! 

But still love her to pieces! 

This was her melt down today at home.

When will the biting stop??

Greta had been doing good at school.  No biting anyone, and even got bit herself a couple times.  But then Thursday happened!  I got a call from day care about 10:30 in the morning, saying I needed to come get Great because she bit 2 kids very hard.

After picking her up, I learend that it's a space isseue at day care. She doesn't like kids getting too close to her.

Also when she gets frustrated she goes straight to attempting to bite me. And after many trips to sit in the hallway and long talks (which for Greta time is like 2 minutes), I hope she's leaned her lesson.

I also doesn't help that shes in the "Greta do it" phase.  Everything is " I do myself." "No mommy, I do it." Which I'm glad she is trying to do things herself, but she's still only 19 months and there are unfortunately or fortunately lots of things she still can't do. So my new strategy is "teamwork." And it seems to be working.

Still trying to figure out this biting thing and hope she outgrows it very soon.

 

A couple free hours

Don't get me wrong... I absolutely love being mom and being with Greta... but this Friday, I have some free time while Greta was at day care and went to Target.  Now target is the place you go for 1 thing and come out with a full cart.  And yes that happened to me.  What did I buy?  A bunch of stuff I don't need, but the great part I spent over an hour in there just walking around looking at things with no one saying, Mommy.  Mommy.  Eat.  Goldfish.  George.  Out.  Walk.  Help. I push.  Mommy.  Mommy.  Greta do it.

Oh my!  It was glorious!!  I will probaly take back most of what I bought because I don't really need it, but it was just the time spent. 

Master bath remodel

After years of talking about it - we pulled the trigger and started the master bath remodel. Ryan and I had vacation to burn so we decided it was a great time. Ryan started demo on Saturday and has been working like a dog since. I've only helped a little. Very lucky I have a hubby who's such a hard worker and so handy!!

Before

Day 1

Day 2

Day 4 or 5 - I lost track

 

Day 6ish (finished Friday night at 2:30 am - yikes)

 

Lost track...

 

Strong willed child

So I saw this on facebook and it struck a cord... I have a strong willed child.  Not that I am at all surprised since both her mommy and daddy are (LOL).  But she is and I love her for it.

But the article says it well, "Strong Willed Children Are a Blessing, Not a Curse."  From the article... "They were constantly testing my patience. It was their way or the highway – or at least a lot of screaming and other such nonsense if their way was not granted. I began to wonder if strong will was a genetic trait."  A wise woman once told her, “They have some spunk, which means that they will accomplish great things.”

http://www.momsflyinglessons.com/strong-willed-children-are-a-blessing-not-a-curse/

Freezing with mom

For no one else would I sit out in barely 40 degrees to watch a not so good football team. But for my mom I did!! We braved the freezing temperatures and luckily got to watch Michigan win. Even cooler my tweet made the big screen.

School pictures

Greta got her school pictures taken while I was in Belgium. Didn't turn out too bad... even without her headband and with a rash.