Anniversary!

Today is our 5 year wedding anniversary!  Can you believe it has been 5 years! Justin has actually put with with me and my slightly obsessive cleaning/organizing/etc. for that long!  (For a bit of nostalgia, I am adding a few pictures from 5 years ago to the album).

Due to the Easter weekend and the fact that Justin is working today, we celebrated our anniversary last wekend.  We had a little getaway.  Not really away, but we stayed downtown and went out to eat at a really nice restaurant.  I was even able to squeeze in a very much needed massage at the hotel health club.  It was great to get away.  Not that I don't love being mom and running our household, but it was nice to not have to think about any of that stuff for 24 hours.  While we were there, Payton spent the night at my moms.  We weren't quite sure how it would go considering that he has never stayed anywhere without us before.  But he did great.  He had a great time at Grandma Joy's.   He is always much more behaved for her than he is for us (isn't that typical) so it all went well.

 

On another note, Payton is still amazing me at what he learns and how fast he can pick things up.  He is working on spelling his last name and is beginning to write.    I have learned that he is ahead of the other kids at day care/preschool his same age.  I guess that helps balance out the minor behavorial issues we are having right now!  (See post below)

 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

3 years olds...

Whoever developed the term “Terrible Twos” obviously did it before their child turned three!!  All’s that I can say is WOW, I don’t even recognize my child sometimes.  I have learned that I am not alone though.  I have been doing lots of reading and talking with other parents and most of them agree, that the Threes are much worse than the Twos.   With Two, we had the occasional tantrum, but nothing major.  And it was usually when he was overly tired.  But with Three, you get the attitudes, stubbornness and pushing every limit possible. 

They strive to be so independent at this age, which is great, but can also be part of the problem.  For example, Payton loves to help clean around the house and help me in the kitchen.  So he just doesn’t understand why when he is sitting on the counter helping me clean off dishes (and spraying water everywhere and flooding the kitchen at the same time) he has to get down, because to him he is helping.

I just keep telling myself that this is a phase and he won’t be three forever.  Only 8 months and 15 days left of the Threes.  (Not that I am counting or anything!!)