#46. a girl friend for Hope
#47. sharing secrets
#48. laughter between friends
#49. a first family camping trip shared with good friends
#50. long showers
#51. quick dinners
#52. time spent in the sunshine
#53. family movie nights

#40. great conversation with a super cute 3 year old at work to end my shift...her laughter made my heart so happy!
#41. being part of the ED team
#42. a fun "camp day" at work
#43. quiet at the house next door @ 11:30pm
#44. mail
#45. Facebook messages and notes

#34. laughter that brightens the room
#35. my sweet cowgirl stomping around in her boots
#36. a hubby who got the nosiy neighbors to be quiet @ 1:15am
#37. rubbermaid tubs being filled with camping supplies
#38. my budding artist and her paint/sticker/crayon endeavors
#39. hearing "Mooooooommmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" across the house

#24. walking hand-in-hand with a really cute kiddo at work
#25. quality time with my Mom & Hope
#26. a comfy bed to crawl into after a long day
#27. a quiet house until 8am this morning
#28. first day of swimming lessons
#29. quarterly visits/days spent with a favorite friend
#30. water falls/sculptures to get soaked in
#31. a home of our own where our kid can grow up and not ever have to move
#32. my pancake monster of a kid who can't have enough "dip" on top
#33. my little copy-cat who proudly repeated "your someping else" over and over

THAT child

Today at Gymboree, my usually sweet & kind little girl turned into THAT child. You know, the one that you watch and wonder who her parents are and why they are allowing her to act like that....the one that you steer your child away from in hopes of sheltering them and saving them from tears. I don't know what her deal was today, but she was N-A-U-G-H-T-Y!!! She would yell/scream if someone else was doing what she wanted to do or was sitting where she wanted to sit. She could have been featured on "Hoarders: Toddler Edition" the way she clung to all the dumb balls. She would gather as many as she could possibly hold and then fall apart completely when one dropped or someone else tried to get one. She got all upset when she couldn't catch a bubble on her finger and fell apart when they kept popping. SO not my child! I was mortified and so embarrassed with the way she was behaving...I just wanted to pick her up and leave 1/2 way through our class. SO not okay!!!

So, what do you do? How do you teach your child to share? How do you stop the melt-down? What has gotten into my sweet, easy-going kid?!

Maybe she needs more playdates. Maybe she needs a taste of her own medicine. Maybe she's just two...Maybe.

#19. fabulous co-workers...friends and family, all in one.
#20. time on my own at work
#21. the discovery of "cake pops"
#22. leftovers for dinner
#23. Amazon.com deliveries (this one contained a travel potty, piddle pad, and seat covers)

#16. tiny pigtails that curl like corkscrews
#17. singing potties that announce pee-pee
#18. Gymboree