Nory woke up on the wrong side of the bed Saturday morning. THE COMPLETELY WRONG SIDE OF THE BED. It was one of those mornings where dropping a piece of playdoh on the floor was the BE ALL END ALL. Of LIFE. #fullfledgedtoddler
This is why the thunderstorm that happened during the night was a bigger blessing than usual. Rain on any day has a certain pizazz to it around here, but pond-size puddles on a day where my patience is already running low after 27 "she's awake" minutes? Either I have great karma or God was looking out for all of us ;) THANK YOU HIGHER POWERS!
So, while Phil was off to the pediatrician with Juliet, I took Nory down to the courtyard to play in the water. It was MY BEST IDEA TO DATE. The only yelling consisted of "AGAIN! AGAIN!!!!!" and the only time spent flailing around on the ground was a result of her passionate attempts at the sport of swimming. YES, her shoes are still soaked. And YES, she might have had a meltdown when I told her it was time to go home. But I still see it as a WIN. During those glorious 30 or so minutes, Nory's tear ducts took a break and my patience revived itself. Totally necessary repairs given the continuation of the day she woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
We found ourselves at the dinosaur park later that afternoon. HAAAA!!!! This moved us one more distraction closer to bedtime! Nory's been on a big dinosaur kick lately and it just so happened Kuwait opened a dino park to meet her dinosaur-viewing needs. I repeat, either I have great karma or God was looking out for all of us ;)
Although scared at times, she had a great time. She kept commenting on how "cute" the dinosaurs were. And how she wanted to hold them. And how she wanted to feed them. And how she wanted to ride them. Except for when given the chance to ride one, she backed out and decided that watching other kids ride them was a better idea.
As she did with the kite festival, she keeps asking to see the pictures of our outing and to return for more dino park fun. If the park allows Nory and I in for free again, we just might do it ;)
The moral of this story is.....distractions rule. We survived a tough day with a toddler. You can too. Chocolate works wonders. And.......pray for us.
This is why the thunderstorm that happened during the night was a bigger blessing than usual. Rain on any day has a certain pizazz to it around here, but pond-size puddles on a day where my patience is already running low after 27 "she's awake" minutes? Either I have great karma or God was looking out for all of us ;) THANK YOU HIGHER POWERS!
So, while Phil was off to the pediatrician with Juliet, I took Nory down to the courtyard to play in the water. It was MY BEST IDEA TO DATE. The only yelling consisted of "AGAIN! AGAIN!!!!!" and the only time spent flailing around on the ground was a result of her passionate attempts at the sport of swimming. YES, her shoes are still soaked. And YES, she might have had a meltdown when I told her it was time to go home. But I still see it as a WIN. During those glorious 30 or so minutes, Nory's tear ducts took a break and my patience revived itself. Totally necessary repairs given the continuation of the day she woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
We found ourselves at the dinosaur park later that afternoon. HAAAA!!!! This moved us one more distraction closer to bedtime! Nory's been on a big dinosaur kick lately and it just so happened Kuwait opened a dino park to meet her dinosaur-viewing needs. I repeat, either I have great karma or God was looking out for all of us ;)
Although scared at times, she had a great time. She kept commenting on how "cute" the dinosaurs were. And how she wanted to hold them. And how she wanted to feed them. And how she wanted to ride them. Except for when given the chance to ride one, she backed out and decided that watching other kids ride them was a better idea.
As she did with the kite festival, she keeps asking to see the pictures of our outing and to return for more dino park fun. If the park allows Nory and I in for free again, we just might do it ;)
The moral of this story is.....distractions rule. We survived a tough day with a toddler. You can too. Chocolate works wonders. And.......pray for us.
This is spectacular! xo
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