Ugh. I hate when I lose my temper at Lydia. I kept trying to control myself and give her second chances all day long, but finally, right before bed, she started melting down because Mary came near her books, and I lost it. I said some things I really hope neither of us remembers, and then I refused to read her bedtime stories (aside from the first couple pages of I Feel My Savior’s Love…oh, the irony).
Ten minutes later I heard her sobbing and pleading for tissues, so I went in, rocked her and sang to her until we all calmed down.
Sometimes Most times, I forget that the poor thing is only two years old, and I should really cut her more slack. She is sweet and kind hearted, and there is nothing more adorable than watching her be kind to Mary. But nothing grates on my nerves more than Lydia’s constant meltdowns–usually about nothing. For example, in the time that it has taken me to write this blog to this point, I have had to interrupt twice to go to Lydia because she starts crying in bed over crazy things. It is 9:45pm, and since the kids got up at 7am, by now I am just plain snappy.
I also have yet to do the prep for preschool tomorrow. I am the host mom tomorrow, and I have to review letters A, B, C, D and teach the kids about ovals and squares. Squares are pretty straight forward–but ovals? If you have any oval shaped objects lying around, let me know, because I’m pretty sure I don’t. I was going to do a simple category activity for the shapes part, but the ovals are throwing me. I am so jealous of the mom who got to do circles.
The pictures are from today when we went with Balu (Swathi’s cousin) to the mall and to dinner. He took amazing pictures of the girls with his iPhone.
Maybe some inspiration about ovals will hit me while I’m cleaning. Here’s praying.
