These days

Oh Ava, there are several things I've been cataloging for documenting in a "these days" blog update. Some of them sweet and some of them ornery and many in between, which perfectly describes this season with you. Here goes...

 

To start with the ornery this weekend, we were playing nap time. I love playing this during this stage of pregnancy, you put me to bed in your bed, sing me songs, say prayers, etc. You find so much joy in my just laying there and letting you be in charge and I find so much joy in just laying there. After you were gone for literally 2 minutes, I got up from my "nap" to see what you were doing. I found you in the kitchen, you immediately put the sharpie marker down to your side and just kept saying "Hi Mommy" with a nervous laugh/smile. I found you "decorated" one of my favorite pillows and one of your oven mittens. This sharpie wasn't even out, you went to our kitchen drawer and got it out. We talked about what markers are yours and what Markers are mommy's and that we only use markers on paper. 

 

 

 

You love to get dinner or lunch prepared for your babies, you work in your kitchen and have them eat at our table. You like to do this with one baby on your hip while the others are seated and "buckled" in thier chairs at thte table.

 

You now have an invisible friend "Benny" thats been around a lot this week. His is very new on the scene. He goes with us places. One day you didn't want to take a bath, it shocked me when all I had to do to get you to change your mind was tell you Benny could take one too with you. I notice Benny is often up to something. Sometimes you like to say "Ewe Benny!" When I aske what Benny's doing he has usually brought in a snake or a spider and might try to put either on our head?

 

You talk alot about baby brother now. You still really want us to name him "Taco". There's a dog named taco in one of your recent favorite library books.

 

We are in the stage that you want to be firecely indpendent at times. I try to side step many power struggles with you throughout the day, sometimes I do better at than others. I try to find that balance of teaching you obedience and letting you excercise your indpendence in appropriate ways. I was reminded again at a recent training that they main developmental attachment tasks of year one is "who can I trust?" the main task for year 2-5 is "who's the boss?". You have to tackle the first one before you can move to the second one. I think we can celebrate that you have task one down because you are well on the journey for the next one!