Today when we got to the movie theater for the weekly kids summer $1 movie - today was Bee Movie - Lael got out of the car without shoes on. This happens regularly and I am sick of it. If we hadn't had an extra child along (I was helping his mom out), then I would have just sent Oliver in to the movie and I would have sat out in the car with her for the entire movie. As it was, I saw about 15 minutes of the movie because Henry was much more interested in running up and down the aisles and in front of the screen. But I made Lael pay Oliver one point per sock (that's 50 cents), so she wore his socks and he went in with just his shoes and with no socks on. But I'm obviously going to have to make her pay a price soon or this showing up places without shoes on will never end. Honestly, it's this kind of crap that makes me glad to have school coming up so I won't have to spend all day every day with her. It's hard to deal with her without a break.
I've already had to modify so many of my dreams, both because of her choices and because that's how life has worked out. I took these pictures a couple weeks ago on the day I could tell she was going to pull her front tooth out. It made me sad because I really wanted kindergarten pictures before she lost her front teeth. Erik and I have such cute kindergarten pictures and I was hoping the kids would have them too. After our front teeth came in, we both looked a little gangly for awhile. Oliver's kindergarten picture turned out OK, except that someone wetted and combed his hair right before they took the picture so it looks kind of funky. Anyway, so much for that dream.
My current plan for the kids for college is to ship them off to BYU in Provo, UT to be near my family for college. It's really hard to get in now but I think the kids are smart enough. I'm sure I've got quite a few battles to fight with Lael but hopefully she won't choose college as one of them. So far she is quite the defiant child. But darn if she isn't cute!
3 comments:
Oh Emily, I think a missing front tooth is adorable for a kindergarten photo! As for the shoes...Ethan is forever misplacing his. It usually works out that he finds at least one pair in the car so maybe that can be your solution- just keep a pair of shoes for Lael in the car and make sure she takes them off in the car before she goes to the house. Can't wait to see you at Wente! We'll have to have a "Whos toddler is the dustiest?" contest. :)
Emily, I love the pictures with missing teeth and I think we can compare stories too. My little Melody is quite the handful and we battle every chance we get. If it makes you feel better you can log on to my blog at ohmymelody.blogspot.com
Stacey Day (Osborn)
Defiant kids are the best. You will have the greatest relationship with her when she's older because you will have invested soooo much time with her during her defiant year. Plus maybe she'll get it out of her system before she reaches those teenage years.
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