Summer Project 7/7/11

The summer of 3 (years old that is) has been interesting to say the least.  Do 3 year olds have temporary bi-polar disorder?   At times the ability to reason and be logical seems to be there and then other times it’s thrown out the window and kicking and throwing objects happens when you can’t watch 1 more episode of Caillou (boy he is a whiny kid huh?).  Today has been a difficult one, lunch was thrown off the table, then juice was spilled on the table and the floor, then the culprit was sent to her room and decided to empty her drawers of all clothes and disperse them all over her room.  I’m not the most patient person at the best of times, and I’m ashamed to say that my patience disappeared and my hormones took over and some yelling occurred.  I hate that.  Always makes me feel like I’m not doing a good job.  Ugh. Is all I have to say about that.  How can I make 3 better?  Anyone have any good parenting/discipline books to recommend?

We have been going out for ice cream alot this summer so far.  I love it, I think it’s so fun to have dinner then go and get some cones afterwards and eat them outside in the balmy summer evening.  Abby’s favorite right now is chocolate and she orders her own with chocolate sprinkles no less 🙂  

Most afternoons you can find Abby and I in our backyard, her in her little $6.99 pool and me on the swing reading or just enjoying the peace for a second.  Abby just loves to fill up her buckets with dirt, grass, and water and call it “soup”.  I love that she can occupy herself for an hour by playing in the yard and I laugh to myself at her little conversations and stories she makes up while she is doing it.

until next time~Rachel