Today was a decent day…if not a funny one.  Hadley and I got all of our “chores” done around the house and headed off to the library mid-morning.  Of course, Hadley picked out Berenstein bears books.

Before leaving the house I was fixing my hair.  I had half of it up in a pony tail holder on top of my head and the hair sticking out of it was pretty much straight up in the air.  Hadley came rushing into the bathroom, VERY excited.  I could never guess what she would say next.

“Mommy, Mommy, you look just like the Grinch!”

I suppose I have been called worse things in life.

Also, lately when Hadley apologizes to someone, it goes something like this…” I said I was sorry but they didn’t say it is ok.”  Then Eric and I explain to Hadley that maybe that person (usually Zoey) doesn’t understand the process of apologizing and we still say it even if they don’t say anything back.  With that in mind…

At supper tonight Hadley was not listening and Eric told her it was time to apologize to me for her attitude.  She turned to me and said, “I am sorry mommy ” and before I had any time to respond to her she turned to Eric and said, “She just doesn’t understand me!!!!”  I am well aware that I will hear this more and more as her teenage years approach.  Eric and I could not stop laughing.

Finally, tonight at church, I asked Hadley how she was in class.  She said, “pretty good, but I did push Emma when she didn’t share her dishes.”

Emma is probably the sweetest child to ever come to the earth and Hadley is about 3 times her size.  I was a bit horrified that Hadley did this and I asked if she said she was sorry.  She said “No I didn’t say sorry, I was shy.”  I marched her right over to Emma and Emma’s mommy and Hadley apologized and gave her a hug.   As we walked to the parking lot Hadley asked me “Do you feel angry, happy or sad?”   I wanted to say embarrassed, but figured she is only 2 and still learning.

Just writing this post is making me realize the cycles of emotions that this child can go through in one day.  No wonder I am so tired every night.

Tonight, I could tell Zoey Belle was tired when it was time for Hadley to go to bed.  Usually, we let Hadley fall asleep and we sneak Zoey in to lay her down afterwards.  I just thought we would put both them down at the same time tonight and see how it goes.  After walking out of the room, Eric and I heard the girls laughing and giggling together and I could hear Zoey moving around and knew she was standing up.  Hadley ran out to give us a play by play of what Zoey was doing and then ran to jump back into bed.  A few minutes later it was completely silent.  I went to see what they were doing, and both girls were out cold.

What a day.