I really hate days when Anya skips her nap. By the end of the day, her behavior becomes predictably unpredictable. I never know if she's going to be tantrum-y, whiney, wired, or grumpy. But I do know that on those days, Chris can't get home soon enough, and I'm about at the end of my last little bit of patience by the time he walks through the door.
No exception yesterday.
She was a lovely combination of whiney, wired, and demanding. At least she wasn't throwing epic tantrums. She did get into the coffee (insisting that it was her turn brew it). And of course, she dumped ground coffee all over the floor before I could pull it out of her hands. You'd be surprised at how quickly she can get to something she wants, even if it's put away "up high". Actually, if you've been reading this blog for any amount of time, you're probably not the least bit surprised. And then later on she got the neti pot, filled it with water and shoved it in her nostril. When I tried to take it out of her hands, she screamed, "NO I'M A BIG GIRL AND I NETI POT BECAUSE I HAVE A BOOGER IN MY NOSE!" I had to laugh at that one. And because I was already exhausted by that point, I just said "whatever. Just don't break it." And left the room. I don't know how much water made it in her nose, but it was not broken and was surprisingly put away in the right spot when she was done.
And there were many other annoyances with her yesterday afternoon, but Chris eventually made it home and Anya was still in one piece when he got here. Successful parenting!
And as expected, she's been pretty awful this morning too. But is quietly sleeping in her room for what I hope will be a much longer than usual nap.
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It really freaks me out when she insists on using the nail gun and the table saw. "I'm a big girl, I can make a rabbet joint, I don't need a feather board I'm a big girl!" But you have to let them leave the nest at somepoint.
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