It has been a tough week & a half. The girls have just gone completely wild for some reason. Chloe is in the “I am whiney, everything hurts my feelings & I want to cling to you stage.” Jordyn walks around huffing at her sister for touching her stuff. So basically all day every day is fighting & crying between the 2 of them. The usual distractions have not worked. We bought stickers, crayons, etc at Dollar Tree which just gave them something else to fight over. I have tried kicking their little butts into the backyard. It has either been too cold most days or they have to fight over the same toy. We went to Chick-fil-a a couple of days for them to play & Jordyn wanted to play with the other kids & ignore Chloe which just made her cry the whole time. We also tried the lets watch a movie distraction. Naturally, they do not want to watch the same movie. After much crying over the movie selection, I did something I said I would never do. I put a movie on in Jordyn’s room for her then a movie on in the living room for Chloe. We had T.V.’s on in 3 separate rooms. That silence lasted maybe 20 minutes. The other issue with Chloe is that she has gone from a 2 1/2 hour nap to 1 hour. This has shortened my gaining back sanity time. She is awake each day now when I have to leave for work. Ugh.
I do not want to be one of those parents that yells & spanks all of the time, but that is what I have felt like lately. Maybe this is God’s way of preparing me to go back to work full time. I certainly feel ready to drop them off at school & daycare right now! This past 2 weeks I have been grateful to work 6 days a week. I have not seen as much of Blair in the evenings, but after an all day event at home with the girls, I have sprinted out the door to Lenscrafters happily. Of course, i cannot really say sprinted because I have had to pry Chloe off of my leg each day when I leave.

In some sordid way, I know I will miss these times. They grow so fast & I will miss them being 2 & 4. Especially when I have 2 teenage girls in the house at the same time. Each new stage brings it’s own share of joys & challenges. I love those little monkeys! Even when they are being wild & spirited, I love them so hard my body aches!