Technicolored Toddler

Adia played with markers for the first time yesterday. As you can guess, it wasn't one of my better decisions. She loved every minute of it, but I wasn't so happy with the mess. She had marker everywhere. On the table, on her hands, in her hair, on her forehead. She looked tie dyed. After she tried to eat them for the second time, I told her marker time was over. She was mad until she looked at her hands. She had a scrub off on the sink and I still couldn't get all the color off her hands. She wasn't happy about that. She doesn't like to be "dirty." I then had to scrub the table and her chair. At least they really are washable and it didn't take much to clean up.






Adia was getting antsy so we went outside. We bought her big pink ball with us, but once we were outside, she didn't want it. She was more interested in collecting rocks. She got excited when she heard a plane fly overhead. I discovered she can now say "Plane!" She went on the swings for awhile and she watched and played with a couple other kids. The took her ball and she got upset. She was okay with it at first, but when she wanted it back she came to me. She said, "Mommy, up. Ball?" The kids' mom got Adia's ball back, but then Adia didn't want it. I guess she thought it was getting too far away.






She never napped yesterday and she also didn't nap today. It's so frustrating, but it's obvious that she needs it, I just can't get her to sleep. Some days I just don't feel up to fighting with her either. Daddy took her to work out some of my birthday stuff so I got some time to myself. They looked for gluten free ice cream cakes and hit up the bookstore and Blockbuster. Adia got a new book, which she read on the way home. She ended up falling asleep and woke up when DiDi tried to lay her down. She wasn't happy that it wasn't Mommy, but after orienting herself again, she became all about DiDi. DiDi went to take out the recycling and Adia screamed, tears rolling down her face at the door. I've never seen her so happy when DiDi came back.

We had dinner, which was one of Adia's favorites, breakfast dinner. Adia devoured her turkey ham and toast and only ate a little bit of her eggs. I did want to play afterwards though. I gave her a bowl and spatula. She put the spatula in the bowl and started stirring. She said, "I make cake." Then she licked the spatula and said, "I like it!" She then put the bowl on her head. When she saw me taking pics, she decided she wanted to take some too. She took a few pics of DiDi and then some of me. We'll definitely have to get her a camera when she's older.




Adia didn't want a bath tonight, but that's fine with me. She took one this morning. Now she's in her pjs and watching Indiana Jones with us. We watched Tarzan earlier and she's a fan of the gorillas. She seems to like Indiana Jones quite a bit too.