It’s kind of cool when you realize your toddler understands questions
Me: Do you want more milk?
Toddler: *pause* *Shakes head*
Me: Do you want a cracker?
Todder: *pause* *Shakes head*
Me: Are you all done?
Toddler: *Vehemently shakes head*
Me: Do you want an apple?
Toddler: Mmmmmmmmmmmm!
Me: Alright. Here.
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He may not be able to say “no,” but he knows damn well how to shake his head for “no.” The big question is WHY DOESN’T HE KNOW “YES”? Just “Mmmmm!”
Toddlers. Strange little people.
Wordless Wednesday: Here we go again
Seeing five houses today. Fingers crossed.
Kicking me while I’m down
I’m feeling completely overwhelmed by my own child. It sounds horrible, but it is very, very, VERY true.
It’s a very simple thing.
He just DOESN’T STOP.
He finishes his lunch and tries to climb out of his highchair. I get him cleaned up, let him down, and before I can wipe his tray and tackle his dishes, he’s pouring cat food all over the floor and eating it. I pry soggy pieces of cat food out of his mouth and sweep up the food everywhere, and by then he’s pulling sharp BBQ tongs out of a kitchen drawer. I grab those from his hands and re-lock the drawer, and by then he’s pulling cans out of the recycling bin.
ARGHHHH!
I know he’s just being a toddler … I guess … But it really and truly feels like he’s trying to torture me. I’ve seen other kids his age, and they AREN’T doing this kind of stuff on a nonstop basis!
I’m exhausted and frustrated. I’m considering digging out our Playard again, just to have a safe place to put him for two minutes so I can put something in the dishwasher without it turning into a pull-out-every-dirty-dish free-for-all.
But, knowing my toddler, he would probably climb out of the Playard and find some way to light it on fire before racing off to cause more trouble.
… and just like that, it’s over …
Remember when Darling Husband and I were selling our condo, and said we had the worst luck EVER in real estate?
I was SO not kidding.
Because it’s gone.
This house is gone.
We were super-close to it being official, but there was drama after the house inspection. We wanted them to fix a few (important) things. They agreed to some, but not all.
We revised our list. They said they’d fix everything IF they jacked the price by $6,000.
Our response? Stick it up your a$$, basically.
It’s over.
We were supposed to close in two-and-a-half weeks.
We had been planning, designing, making lists.
And now we are back at square one.
It is very disheartening.
Sold!!!
We got the house!
The closing is Oct. 3!
Will write more when I stop jumping up and down — and squealing over Pinterest photos of laundry rooms with chandeliers.
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