Not in Character

The day started out so promising as I took Maddie to pre school in her Halloween costume.

All of the princesses oohed and aahed at my little frog.

And then disaster struck! The girls had to go to the dr and get their flu shots. Is it mean of me to bring my camera just so I could get a "shot" of this?

So Brooklyn quit crying seconds after I took this picture. While Madison, on the other hand, threw about 50 tantrums from the time we left the doc's office, proceeded to the hospital cafeteria to get a special treat, had to leave because she wouldn't quit screaming and everyone was looking at me with pity and annoyance as I'm carrying Brooklyn and our lunch, pushing the stoller, and covering Madison's mouth as she screams at the top of her lungs at 2 sweet older ladies who were trying to compliment her on her Snow White outfit. I'm not sure whose face was more red, mine from embarassment, or Mad's from the ear piercing scream. Is it really possible to have more than 2 chiildren? I don't want you to think my life is always this exciting, I just like to share the, uh... highlights with you.

So This Is Why People Go Crazy!

It's almost 11:30.... PM, mind you, and the 2 and a half year old terror, AKA Madison is still screaming and crying and knocking on her door, and currently yelling, "I'm all done sleeping." Really? Because she hasn't slept yet and she's been in there since 9. Her first attempt to get out was, "I have a really bad cough guys. I need some Tylenol." Then after she had woke up B for the second time, I tried to tell her a story to calm her down, but once the story was over, she got all worked up again. We warned her to be quiet or we were going to shut her door (which she absolutely hates.) But the stubborn little thing that she is.... she wouldn't stop. So we shut her door, and then she started yelling, "Please be nice to me, please!"  I felt bad for about half a second, and then when the yelling continued I got over it real quick!
      This afternoon after awaking from her nap it took her 30 minutes to finally give in and pull down her own panties to go potty. Yes I think we are experiencing a bit of a power struggle here...and it's so hard not to just give in sometimes. I mean it would've taken 30 seconds if I would've helped her, but she is so capable of doing all this on her own. She does multiple "costume" changes all on her own thru out the day!

      And to top it off Brooklyn has also been going thru a bit of a difficult phase. She is still such a sweetheart, but just a sweetheart who has decided she doesn't need sleep and wants to nurse 2 to 3 times a night. Now, she is teething, but between the 2 of them I'm a walking zombie! Last night after going from M's room to B's room 1/2 a dozen times, I thought, "What's the point?" I told Ster that as soon as I'm done nursing Brooklyn, I am going to a hotel and I am going to sleep until I naturally wake up. The last time I did that was well before I had Maddie! So if I can just hold being completely sleep deprived for 4 more months....

 But in the mean time- Anyone have any advice on what to do with the Terror now? Or does anyone want to take her til she's thru whatever this is she's going through? She is really cute and funny. See...