Clara has exhibited recently typical behavior of a two year old. Even though she’s only “almost two”, the Terrible Twos are in full force. Some examples:
Sudden hatred of having to put on her coat, especially if we’re leaving somewhere fun, like the Air and Space Museum in Dulles, VA. The not wanting to leave somewhere fun part I get. It’s the crying, while SIMULTANEOUSLY laughing that kills me. How does she do it, readers? How?
She doesn’t like to eat anything except sabagee (spaghetti) and mac n cheese. Since I only makes these things a couple time a week, she only eats a big meal a couple times a week. From what I read, this is totally normal, so I am not alarmed. I’m not making her special meals. (Don’t worry, Jesse, she’s not starving. She still eats a good breakfast, and lots of stupid snacks).
Two days in a row she decided she didn’t want to see me when I came home from work. “No! Go to Dada,” she said.
Last night she smacked Sissy in the face. Not hard, but still.
Last night she put a sticker in her mouth, came into the kitchen to find Sissy, and looked up at her, with just the teeny corner of the sticker peeking out of her mouth. Wendy laughed so hard she snorted, and had to turn her head away. I put a dish towel over my head so she wouldn’t see me laughing.
She does the back arch screaming thing when you try and put her in her stroller. Then she’ll stop on a dime to sweetly ask, Paci?
Other cute funny things:
Stu put a dum dum lollipop in his pocket when we were traveling to DC for T-day. She happened to see. Now as soon as he picks her up, she immediately digs for the lollipop, which isn’t even there anymore.
She loves Mary Poppins, and can sing along with Spoonful of Sugar.
She was looking through a Hannah Anderson catalog yesterday and said, Abigal and Eyi (Ellie)! There were two little girls that really did look (and dress) like them! How funny!
It’s impossible to not laugh at her when she’s so bad!
What a scene it must have been with Wendy sissie snorting while Dana covered her face with a dish cloth. I can’t wait for the invite to the Chaffee house to witness all this stuff instead of reading it
Oh Clara, you little stinker. I heart you so much! Funny toddler. Mwah, jinxi
clara, you are so funny and cute. I wish your mom would put eggleast ONE photo of you in each post. Also, tell her that over 2 months between posts it too long. theriouthly, she needs to give the people what they want.
I knew a little brown curly haired girl who use to do the same thing, arching her back on the changing table, hitting her head on the wall amd blacking out! Thank God Clara hadn’t done that yet! Guess what goes around comes around, good luck!
The other day I said to Chloe, “Chloe, I’m getting sick and tired of this bedtime routine! We need to fix it.” She looked at me and said, “I’m getting sick and tired of you!” Enjoy your funny little developmentally appropriate Clara things now, my friend! I wish it was just a little back arching…xoxo