Terrible Almost Twos

D is not quite 2 yet, but sometimes I'm certain that she thinks she is! We've been going through a lot of tantrums lately, and I don't know when she discovered how to raise her voice, but she's been doing a lot of it. Rarely do I hear a nice, quiet "juice please, Mommy." These days it's more like "juuuuuuuuuuuiiiccceeeee!!!!" (Usually she's right up in my face while screaming as well.)

*sigh*

I've been remaining calm, speaking to her quietly but firmly, reminding her to ask nicely and all of those other "by the book" techniques used to tame a wild toddler, lol. I'll be honest though, sometimes it's difficult not to lose my patience. Thankfully, I still get nap time every day for about 2 hours. She gets to sleep, and I get to unwind! I love nap time, dearly.

We spent the morning re-arranging some things in the house, hanging some new framed pictures and getting some laundry done. Well, actually that's what I spent the morning doing. D spent the morning begging for chocolate, and running around with crayons in her hands which she picked up from God knows where, trying to draw on non-paper related things! Now, she's finally asleep, so I get to chill out and enjoy the fact that it's Friday!