Sugar and Spice

Isn't there some nursery rhyme that says "when little girls are good, they're very good and when they're not...watch out?" Or something to that effect. We've decided the author must have penned that saying about Kate. Hence our weekend, which was mostly delightful, punctuated by moments (some loooooong ones) of sheer tantrum-y terror. Kate's either sweet and nice, or completely off the rails. I suppose that's what we're in for as we enter the "terrible twos." We met a couple this weekend who have a two-and-a-half year old and when I mentioned that ours was almost two, the dad just said, "oh, welcome." I completely caught his drift: it is like joining a club, forcibly at that. But, as to not dwell on the more difficult moments of the weekend, I will say that we did have lots of good times. We went to the pool twice, the brewery once, the library and had Uncle Jay and Aunt Cyndi visit for a night before the headed up to see an Elton John concert. It was a nice preview of this weekend when they'll come back and stay a bit longer. We also met the aforementioned couple who have the home across the street from us as a vacation home. They're daughter came and played outside with Kate, and it will be SO nice to know some other kids in town. On the note, we randomly met another couple who have a daughter who is almost two and have just moved her from Montana. Oddly enough, the dad has a Master's in Forestry and is named Ryan, so, of course, I'm thinking we're destined to be great friends with them. At least we're meeting people in town and getting Kate some playmates! So, that's our weekend in a nutshell--the good, bad and, sometimes, VERY ugly!!