Being the mother of a 2 year old is not unlike being a hostage negotiator. The irrational demands, the threats of distruction, the calm, calm voice you use to say "put your weapons down, please."
As you learn to raise your tolerance to dirt and chaos, your tolerance for alcohol decreases. This is the oppposite of what I would have expected.
Frog boots go with any ensemble.
Target, while not inherently evil, IS EVIL. It's like the MOB, you try to leave and it. sucks. you. back. in. I love Target, I do, but I think i love it too much.
A band-aid on the foot of a 2 yr old renders them immobile. It apparently throws off their equilibrium. I wonder if she can say equilibrium? i think I'll try that word on her tonight. These days she will try to say most any word. oh which reminds me...
Don't let your husband teach your child to say "PONY" it was bad enough when HE would ask for a pony. but not as bad as when he would ask for monkeys or miniature kangaroos. Admittedly, this is rather subjective on my part, whether pretending to want one animal is worse than pretending to want another.
Apparently, tearing a piece of bread in half is THE very worst thing you can do. It MUST go in the trash and a new, untorn piece be extracted from bag.
I love my family more than anything in the world. There is no surer way to make me smile than watcing my daughter give her dad a big hug.
