Kate has discovered/learned three things that I have decided are not good in combination: tantrums, numbers and colors. Actually, I could do away with tantrums entirely, but I know this is just part of having a toddler, and an independent toddler at that. I'm happy she's confident in her numbers and colors, but this knowledge does not serve her (or me, really) well when she is in a tantrum-y mood. Most of her outbursts begin with her wanting 2 or more of something, sometimes in combination with a color (i.e. "I WANT 2 blue cups!!!" when I offer her a cup of milk). It gets way more complicated than this as she starts demanding 5 or more of things we don't even own, or demanding things that don't exist (i.e. the purple bagel she HAD TO HAVE at the store recently.) There's not much a mom can do to meet some demands, although we try compromise whenever possible. Hence, her hairdo today. She wanted 5 ponytails and she ended up with 3....strange to look at but MUCH easier on the ears than not meeting her part of the way there. I'm learning as I go......
Kate has little in the way of girly-girl tendencies (she does like heavy machinery, after all) but I think shoes may be her one girl-weakness so far. When she saw this pink pair of Keen sandals, she said, "I try them on RIGHT NOW!" At least they'll dry out faster than her rain boots!
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