Well, today started off like any other day. But, shortly turned into a VERY exciting day. One of my mother's groups, my January 2009 Working Mama's group, jokingly threw out the idea of meeting up somewhere the other day. Well, today it became more of a reality. We're starting to plan a get together in Chicago!! I didn't think Christian would go for it, but after a little convincing, he actually said it was totally up to me! YAY. If we can get my car fixed in the next few weeks, I think I'm going to drive there. I should be able to get there on one tank of gas, so one there and back is still way cheaper than a plane ticket. Plus, going to and from the airport, and dealing with an airport I've never been to, all by myself does not sound appealing. So, I'll take the 6 hour drive over all that I think. And, one of the girls from our group actually lives there, so I think we're just going to stay with her, so no hotel costs either! AHHH! Perfect! I seriously cannot wait already, but we're not getting together until October. YAY.
Other than that, it was a pretty boring day. I was a contract writing queen today, cranking them out like crazy! My mother in law had to work today (again...), so Christian was off with the girls. I was pretty interested to see how that was going to go. He's only been alone with them one other time, a long time ago, so I think he was a little nervous about it. He did good...the girls were pretty out of control today though. It was clear when I arrived home that he was pretty exhausted from dealing with it, and it didn't get any better. We ate some dinner and took the girls outside, hoping that it would calm them down, but it didn't work. Amelia was standing at the top of the play side, and Olivia pushed her down the slide. It was not a pretty sight, and I was absolutely livid. We went inside and that was that. We've been trying to take a different approach to discipline lately...trying to be more consistent with time outs, explaining why we're upset/what she did wrong rather than just losing it, and getting her to apologize and show that she understands what she did. It seems to be working, maybe today was just a bad day for her.
So, after that incident, it was clearly time for bed. Hopefully it was just a today thing and not a set back! Here is a picture of Olivia, pre-incident. I can't even explain to you (well, the people that didn't know me as a child) how much this looks like me...it's seriously like looking through a time traveling mirror or something. LOL
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