1. Ben has been celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday this week at school (he tells me he tasted green eggs today - no ham, apparently, just eggs). Here at home we've been reading Dr. Seuss books a lot this week partially in honor of the birthday and partially just because books like The Cat in the Hat are just right for Ben's reading ability now, containing just a couple of words he needs help with.
2. I signed Ben up for Juniors soccer, which starts in a couple of weeks. He told me he wouldn't play soccer unless his friend Jared was playing too. Well Jared, who turned 6 in November, is playing in the 6/7 year old league this spring. So I had to go ask the athletic director as a favor could he put Ben in the 6/7 year old league also even though he doesn't turn 6 until June. Got that accomplished. So I told Ben and he replied, "Well I'm not playing unless me and Jared are on the same team." So now I have to go be the really annoying mom who asks for her son to be assigned to a certain team.
3. Rebecca has been particularly ornery today it seems, throwing a variety of tantrums over a variety of subjects. Not sure why she has been so cranky today. At one point tonight I told her to chill out, and she shook her finger at me and said, "NO, Mommy! YOU chill out!" She did seem to end the evening happily though, doing an alphabet puzzle. She knows where all the pieces go, almost, and if you DARE make a move to help her, she has to start all over.
3 comments:
Text book worthy 2 year old expressions of autonomy- adorable from a distance:)
Are you excited that three is worse than two? ;)
On #2, did you try telling him that you'll save a lot of money if he doesn't play soccer, so he should either play because he likes it or you'll enroll him in tap dance instead? ;)
I seem to remember at least one or two conversations of that style when I grew up. Whatever happened to tough love? ;)
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