Cuteness over the last two days:
- Spencer threw his first "I want that" tantrum in the middle of Toy's R Us. I swatted his butt, told him in a stern voice that he was not allowed to act like that in a store, paid for our items and left. Not a first that you look forward to like a first step, but just as inevitable and noteworthy :oP
- Last night while supposed to be in bed, Spencer came running out of his room. When I went up to see what was happening he said hi mommy with a big grin on his face. I said, sternly again, that he needed to be in his room in bed or he would get a spanking, his face dropped (comically) and he ran full out into his room and into bed. I tucked him in, again, and said good night. He did not come out again.
- Also last night while lying in bed, Spencer carried on a full conversation with Puppy, Leo and Annie. I think that Leo and Annie are his favorites because they are bro and sis like he and Rachel.
- Yesterday I bought 4 of these magnetic storyboard things that has little magnetic people and items that you move around and create a scene. One of them as an air plane theme and one of the characters was a flight attendant. I handed her to him and said that she needs to be in the plane, and asked him to put her there. He put her at the base of the steps and wiggled her up the steps and put her on the plane. That's a new level of imaginary play that I've not seen him do before.
- This morning Rachel threw her first real tantrum. Mike bought Spencer his first hot wheels track and we created a simple ramp off of a shelf. Spencer has been having a blast with it and so Rachel has been all over it too. This morning I would not let her near it and she cried crocodile tears and threw herself backward in tantrum. Oh goodness, these two are soooo different lol.
- Rachel als0 hit a new level of language. I was wiping the table clean after lunch and was lost in my own world of thought. I vaguely registered her sitting behind me saying juice repeatedly, but this is such a common occurrance it didn't really penetrate my thoughts. I also did not realize that I was holding her cup of milk in my hand. So she says "MOMMY! AAAHHHH" and waves her hands in the air. I turned to look at her and puts her hand up in her psuedo point and says 'juice?". I just had to laugh.
- I had to run to Kroger today to grab a couple of things. And by a couple I mean 2 each of 4 things, so really just a couple. In fact they were all in the same aisle. So I told Spencer that he could push the mini-cart and I'd carry Rachel. Last time, he got very mad and threw a fit because he didn't want to push the mini cart, so I was unsure of what to expect. When he saw the little cart, I was relieved that he was very excited to get to push it. As we are walking toward the aisle we need to go to, I let him follow behind, but didn't slow - I've been trying to teach him to keep up and alternately not get too far ahead. I turn around and he is at the end cap of an aisle about 3 aisles away from me. He is looking at a bag of Frito's on display. He seemed to make his decision, grabbed the bag and tossed it in the cart, EXACTLY like I would have done. The he just walks up to me with a big grin on his face. I was laughing so hard I almost couldn't stand. We had run into another mom that I know and she was laughing too. By the end of our trip down ONE aisle, we had the things that I came to get but also a 4 pack of fruit chillers, a 6-pack of applesauce cups, a plastic jar of fruit (dole pineapple/grapefruit blend I think), a can of chili, and the fritos. Then when we got the check out, he happily started unloading the cart. I put the extra stuff in the back and quietly asked the cashier to set them aside - she knows us so it was no big deal.
- After the grocery we went to the park where he swung for awhile and then wanted to go on the slide, but not just the slide next to us, but the other play area down the grass a bit. I wouldn't have minded anyway, but after his behavior at Kroger's I would have rewarded him with pretty much anything he asked for.
- When we got home, he helped put the groceries away too. Well, he put canned chicken in the freezer, but he thought he was helping.
- Oh and probably the coolest thing he did today, like anything can top the Fritos in the cart, my goodness that was friggin adorable, was with Rachel. I've been trying to get her to drink milk for two months and as of Friday, she finally was willing to drink it. All this time, I have been talking about how she needs to drink milk and it's better for her, etc. Who knew Spencer was listening? Today she was drinking milk but she started asking for juice and I just made her a fresh sippy of juice without thinking. Spencer walks up to her, hands her the sippy of milk, takes the sippy of juice, puts it on the counter next to me. While he's doing this he says "No Rachel, you need milk, not juice." When she drank some milk he looked at her and said "Good RaRa", and walked away.
- Oh and last night when he came out of his room the first time after he was supposed to be in bed, he had his shoes on and went to the door to go 'bye-bye'.
- And he had his shoes on again this morning.
- And after his bath - which was not something I'll be listing on this good list :oP - he got down in just his diaper then got his race car pjs out of the drawer and tried to climb back up on the changing table. So he got to wear clean pjs all morning.
- And he put his shirt on almost by himself - the first time he's shown desire to put his clothes on himself. To be honest, he's only ever taken his pants off once and never taken his shirt off. I know he's coordinated enough to do so, I just don't think he's ever felt the desire too lol.
So how's that for a turn around from where I was Thursday and Friday? It's amazing what happens when I miss my meds. Gotta get a better system for taking those. I seem to slip farther and farther down each time I miss one. It's not just a few hours of pms symptoms anymore. It was really bad.