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February 25, 2003
2/25/2002
Virginia is now 3 months shy of turning 3. 3! I have absolutely no clue where all this time has disappeared. Where did my baby go? The fact that she is getting older makes me happy and makes me sad. Sad because I know she'll be out the door headed for school soon. Happy because I get to witness her discovering new things.
I'm also starting to realize that the two's were not terrible...but I think the 3's will be. I was thinking that I just had an awesome daughter because I did not think that she went through the terrible two's. But she is now starting to show us that the three's won't be a piece of cake. It's not her fault, she's just trying to become more independent. Who can blame her? But she gets very frustrated when she realizes she can't always do something on her own (or that we won't let her because it is dangerous). She also has moments that she wants us to do everything for her. Which neither of us mind, but it's confusing when to know what mood she is going to be in.
I say it is going to be the terrible 3's also because she is really pushing the limits. Her favorite "bad" thing to do right now is spitting. Which I find completely disgusting, so of course she keeps doing it. We have been using time outs (we don't spank)....and they occur in her bedroom. This had lost its effectiveness until I realized I could take away her CD player. So now time-outs have meaning again....she doesn't want to be in her room without music. Most of the time we just have to threaten a time out and she complies. Overall she is a great kid....but all kids push boundaries, it's a part of growing up. We have had to modify some of the things we do, because we can't expect her to behave all the time. Like eating out. We love to eat out (though we do it less now without my income) and now we just have to pick a day she is in a great mood, and we pick a restaurant where the service is fast. No more 1+hour meals....no big deal. But I think it is key that parents learn that they can't expect their children to be perfect all the time, and that our expectations are sometimes too high.
We are in a winter wonderland today in North Texas. It decided to sleet and hail yesterday so it looks like we have a blanket of snow outside, but it is really ice. Very dangerous driving conditions and it is cold (20 degrees) so we won't be venturing outside today. Virginia really wants to go play in the "snow", but she doesn't have boots and she is fighting off a cold...so we will stay inside our warm house. Karl did venture out this morning though because he has to be in Galveston for the day. He called me a few times on the way to the airport and when he landed in Galveston to let us know he was okay.
Virginia was cracking me up this morning, she kept saying statements like "The dogs are sleeping. Yea. uh, hmmm." I'm not sure where she got that from. Very cute. She also learned a new slang word yesterday. The dogs wouldn't stop barking so I told them to "shush". She looked at me and said, "shush?". I explained it meant to be quiet. "Ohhhh, doggies shush!". I'm glad I didn't say shut up!
She has grown to love a new program on video. Veggie Tales. I've been waiting for her to enjoy these videos because Karl and I love them. They teach appropriate behavior and have a biblical them behind them. They are also hilarious (even for adults). I don't usually let her watch too much tv, but on days like this when we are stuck inside, and she is feeling yucky...I'll let her watch a movie or two.
An Aunt of mine contacted me earlier this week. She wants to plan a family get together for my Grandma's 80th birthday this year. So she is planning on everyone going somewhere in the Caribbean. This would be right after Christmas this year. So Virginia will be 3 years 7 months and we will have a 3.5 month old. At first I thought this wouldn't work. But now I think Virginia will love it, and a small infant will be relatively easy (hopefully still breastfeed exclusively). It won't be a romantic vacation, but I think it will be lots of fun. Besides who doesn't want to go somewhere warm in December?
Hugs,
Katrina and Virginia
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