Stages

We just got back from an enjoyable supper at Applebee's, and the girls were so good. We are scared to go anywhere other than McD's or Burger King, since it usually isn't very relaxing. But today they both woke up so happy and relaxed from their naps, we decided to give it a try. It was wonderful.

Brooklyn has been a 2 year old lately, and sometimes we just want to scream. Other times we manage to look at each other and laugh (when she's not looking). Some things she says to us we wonder where she would have learned to talk to us in that way. And lately she has started having screaming tantrums when she's put into her time-out corner. Thankfully a funny stage has begin as well, that doesn't call for any kind of punishment, just laughter and shaking of heads. She has decided that she doesn't need anything on her bed to sleep with, except her pillow. She also doesn't need a shirt apparently. She is fully clothed when we put her to bed for naps and at night. But while falling asleep she decides to take her shirt off, and go throw it in her closet. So cute.

I sometimes catch myself saying "this too shall pass", but do I really want it to pass? I've heard parenting only gets harder, so I should want to stay in this stage. I wish it was easier to want to deal with tantrums, to want to hear orders coming from a 2 year old's mouth, and all the fun toddler issues. Oh well, if I have to cry through the struggles of raising a 2 year old, then so be it. It is all totally worth it.