As some of you know, Mattie has been such a handful lately. Behaviors that we really haven't seen before have been popping up. She has had such a sassy mouth and has flat out refused to do things (i.e. get dressed, let me wash her hair, basically anything I have asked her to do!) Needless to say this first month of us being home together has been challenging. I was considering developing a drinking habit! Just kidding, but there were days that she almost brought me to tears! No lie! 45 minutes to get her dressed and finally having to hold her down and dress her while she was kicking and screaming is not my idea of a fun activity. By the end of it we would both be wore out and sweating! We finally just started having her sit on her bed until she was ready to get dressed in kind of a "timeout" I would go in and ask her every few minutes if she was ready to get dressed. In the beginning she would just cross her arms and say no, but as we have continued to do it the time has gotten shorter and shorter. It took a solid week of doing that, but it seems to have worked, as we are now not having as many of the getting dressed battles. Yea parenting! No one tells you when you get pregnant how hard parenting is sometimes. Having these battles and standing your ground is not easy! Where is that Staples easy button when you need it!
To her defense this has been a huge change. She went from going to school everyday and seeing her friends, to spending all day with me!!! Maybe not the highlight of her year :) She always loved going to school and she has been use to the stimulation and interaction in a classroom. I have really struggled with taking her out of school. While I LOVE getting to spend more time with her, and LOVE not feeling guilty about working so much, I hate that she is missing out on all the advantages of school. Adam and I are seriously considering putting her in school a couple of mornings a week at the beginning of the year. We will see. Thoughts???
Now that we have the condo settled and our lives in order Mattie and I have more time to get out and about and do some fun stuff (which seems to have helped with the crazy behavior). Last week we had a play date with one of Adam's co-workers' wife and their children. Mattie had a blast. It was so nice to get to see her interact with other children. We went to the park and the girls ran around and played and had such a great time. There was a huge slide that Mattie loved!
On Tuesday Mattie had her first Gymnastics class. I was only able to get a couple of pictures because it was parent participation as well. I am hoping now that we will be going weekly I will be able to get some more pictures and videos. She had a blast. I literally had to drag her out of the gym.
We also enjoyed some time at the park. The video was a little long so I had to split it to get it off my phone.
And that ladies and gentlemen is pretty much what we have been up to this past two weeks. We have friends, Adam and Lauren coming to San Francisco this weekend, so we're really looking forward to getting to spend a day or two with them while they are in town.
Also Adam and I are super excited that our friends Nick and Michelle welcomed their sweet new baby boy Tyler into the world today!! We are so thrilled for them and so excited to meet him while we are home during Christmas! Getting the news of Tyler's arrival today ended our weekend on a high note!
XOXO
