Fall Break Madness

Last week was Fall Break. It's basically just like spring break...one week off...kids out of school everywhere...mayhem follows! We managed the crowds though and had a pretty nice week. We went to the park (for hours!), musuem, petting zoo, and did a little baking. We didn't do one thing productive like get groceries or run errands. Well, we did have a 3yr old well check up but we actually like going to the doc because we aren't usually there for sick visits (knock on wood). It's hard to believe we'll be doing all those first year well visits again soon.

In between the good times we have had meltodowns, tantrums, tears, sensitivity through the roof (must be a girl thing), and the occasional nightmare wake up. I don't know if turning 3 ups the diva quotient for all little girls but it surely has for this one! I waiver between two extremes...the patience of a saint to the craziest mom in the grocery store. When I am patient I am thinking of everything I have read in the book, Raising Your Spirited Child, because Claire is strong willed and sensitive just like her mom. She doesn't fit the spirited child mold 100% but all in all this book as helped me see our challenges differently. On the flip side, I am the mom I hate. The one that drags their child out of the store by the arm and yelling without a care who is watching...until later that night when I am utterly embarrassed at the thought of my behavior. I keep thinking about all that is up ahead and how I will be acting in a few months when I am not sleeping and cranky and have another person to care for. Will I be crazy mom everyday? Then I remember....thanks to my closest of mama friends and my mom....that this too shall pass and we will survive just like before!