The Toddler Creed

The Toddler Creed in Thirteen Statements or less...


1. If I like it, it's mine.
2. If it's in my hand, it's mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.
4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
6. If I am building something, all the pieces are mine.
7. If it looks just like mine, it's mine.
8. If I saw it first, it's mine.
9. If you are playing with it and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
10. If it's broken, it's yours. (No, the pieces are probably still mine.)
11. If I say I want one and you have one, it automatically becomes mine.
12. If you are playing with it and don't share it, I'll take it from you and it will become mine
13. Potty breaks, snack breaks and time outs do not mean it's not mine anymore, it will be mine again when I get back.

These are issues I come to deal with everyday. I hope she is learning to share in school but when we are at the train table the word "share" is not something she knows. We actually had to leave Thursday because she refused to share with the other kids at the table. Everything was mine, it was bad. Her fit was even worse. Chloe was so bad, one of the other mom's offered to carry her to the car since I was pregnant. I must have looked like I was struggling to keep from dropping her..lol. I managed and thank the mom though.

Can't sleep

So I have officially (well last week) hit the point to where I can't sleep. I have to get overly exhausted to fall asleep. Outside the fact that some of it has to do with Dave snoring (even though he swears he doesn't) the other is not getting comfortable in bed. All I can say is 8 days I will be back to being comfy in bed. Yeah for 8 days to go!!!

Day 2 of School

Apparently the second day is much more traumatic for the kids than the first. When I dropped Chloe off this morning, I think every kid that was in the room was crying or clinging to mom or dad. Chloe on the other hand did great. She did ask me to stay and it took her alittle longer to give me a kiss good bye but she didn't cry. That is all that matters right. I think it took me about 10 minutes to work my way out of the class. When I got there to pick her up, I could see them dancing in the classroom. I tried to stay out of view because I didn't want her to get upset if she saw me. Well she saw me and it didn't phase her at all. She waved at me, said something and went back to dancing. From where I was standing I could see one of her teachers, Ms. Tina, and Chloe was copying her exactly. Kinda made me proud that she was following her so well. Chloe said they painted today and played on the playground (not sure if they really did cause it has been raining off and on all morning). Here are some pictures I was able to get from today.

This kinda gives you an idea of how the class is set up.

Chloe's lead teacher, Ms. Janice, also commented on her family collage that I made. She thought it was very creative that I put the new baby's ultra sound picture on the collage and was even more impressed when she asked Chloe who it was and Chloe responded, "my baby sister." 1 wk 6 days and I will have an actual picture to put on that collage. From Tuesday's class they took some pictures to document the first day. Well, I have to say you can totally tell a camera is shoved in Chloe's face alot because I think she was in 8 picture out of 20. That or she is just a social butterfly, which I would not mind. Here is a picture of Tuesday's collage.

Hard day today

You think someone worked all day and played all day. What a busy day.

Today was a Sucess

Chloe had so much fun in school. I didn't know a couple things that happened when we dropped her off because I did have to walk out of the room. My mom shared it with me and I want to share it with you. When I walked out to stop from crying Chloe was playing with a train set and a little boy, but what I didn't know that happened was this. She stopped playing with the train and went into the dramatic play area and got the phone. She pushed the numbers and said, " I pepaw (grandpa). I am at school now okay. Bye." My mom said it was so cute. It came out of now where and she just stopped to let grandpa know she was at school. Then went back to the train set and little boy. This must have melted my dad's heart because he originally was not going to make it to pick her up with me from school. He was bidding a job, but he made it. I didn't get to see her reaction when she realized grandpa was there, but I know she really wanted him to be there her first day.

On another note, getting a call from your kid's school on the first day is a heart dropping experience. Apparently when they were in the Action Room (aka gym). Chloe tripped and fell. She hit her head and ended up getting a bump (or mini goose egg). So because she hit her head an accident report had to be made and she had to visit the nurse. Everything was fine the nurse said Chloe was fine and was reacting to everything so I didn't need to work but that I would have papers to take home from the accident. Go figure, my kid gets hurt on her first day of school. She is her daddy's daughter. So once again, I didn't get pictures of the classroom because I was talking to the teachers about my clumsy kid. They said she was running and just tried to run through a ball instead of around it and fell. She was fine, cried for only alittle bit and really didn't want to stop playing and go to the nurse. She didn't even put ice on it (what a trooper).

You can kinda see her bump. This picture does not do it justice. It is a nice lump on her head.

Grandma and Grandpa, well mommy too, promised to take Chloe to lunch on her first day so on the way to meet at Grandma and Grandpa's house Chloe called daddy. She told him about her day. The conversation was pretty much this, " Hi daddy, I went to school today. I played with kids and had cookies. I hit my head.." Dave said "Well did you have fun, do you want to go back?" "Yeah, go tomorrow," was Chloe's response. So she loved it which makes me very happy.

I survived!

Today is Chloe's first day of preschool and she did great with the drop off. I was alittle worried with getting her up because she is my late sleeper. We normally don't crawl out of bed until about 9 am. It is so nice especially since I am starting to not sleep well anymore. Well, I got up at 7:15 to shower and give myself time to wake up. When I was finished and dressed (at about 7:30) I went in and woke her up. She had no problems jumping up and asking if she was going to school today. I said yes and told her she needed to get out of bed so we could have breakfast. Of course she picked the breakfast of champions, NOT! She is my mother's granddaughter cause all she ever wants to eat is Coco Puffs. She ate her cereal and drank her milk in record time. I didn't even have to ask for a pull up and her clothes, once she was done she was running down the hallway to get them. I have to say I am bummed that the outfit we bought for her first day had a hole in it (how I didn't notice it I have no clue). So she picked out an outfit her Grandpa bought her in Florida, even down to the shoes. Of course if you know my dad it is a Ralph Lauren outfit.

So we were out the door at 8:30 cause I didn't know if traffic would be bad. That and I needed to meet my mom cause someone (~cough Chloe cough~) hid my memory card of the camera. SO we got to school alittle early but I knew I wanted to because I wasn't sure how Chloe would do. Well she did great. She walked into her classroom like she owned the place. Took off straight for the toys, stubborn little one wouldn't find her name to up on the board to attendance..lol. She had to get to the phone before anyone else. So of course mommy saved the day and did Chloe's paperwork. I was able to last about 10 minutes or so before my mom asked if I was going to be alright, well that is when I lost it. I turned and started to say yes, but then the pregnancy hormones kicked in. I said "not with being 9 months pregnant" and left the room. My mom then told Chloe she was leaving and came outside. I didn't want to just leave but I knew I needed time to calm myself. Heck my big girl was a big girl, she didn't even know her mommy had left. So I took care of some last minute things with the school and went back in the room to say good bye. I told her I would be back in a couple hours when school was over to get her and that we would go to lunch with grandma and grandpa. She hesitated for a split second then took off to another toy. I then left the room. Of course look back this afternoon for a "pick up" update and pictures. I am hoping to get more of her classroom this time. And I know I can drop her off so I am sure the crying will be none existent. But I leave you with the few pictures we did take.

Walking up to the front door to meet Grandma. You can really see how pregnant I am..lol

Standing at the front door saying "cheese." And looking at the other kids coming up the walk.

The classrooms rule is to wash your hands before coming in. It isn't like she hasn't washed her hands before, but it is still cute cause it is a school thing.

Like Father, like Daughter

When we got home last night from orientation and dinner, Dave started on his car. He had gotten some parts he ordered and was using the dining room table to put them together. Low and behold, Chloe had to get her car out and "fix" it too. So here are my two car buffs working on their cars.

The yellow items in these pictures are the "spark plugs." She was removing them and counting them.