As you saw from the previous post, little one is quite the artist. Well, when I was gone and hubby was not paying enough attention, she displayed this artistic talent ...on her table, chairs, wall and floors. From this, we discovered that our crayons are not washable. Well every house needs some artwork. Gives it character and will give us some grins as she grows up.

Today was our first meltdown. We have been really spoiled by the little one's great attitude toward life. Don't get me wrong, she has cried and carried on before but we have been able to quickly divert it and the storm quickly passes. Today, we were on a search for washable crayons at the Lakeshore Learning store (LOVE this store. It is a teacher supply store and has everything from arts/crafts to math/vocabulary, etc. A branch just opened about 3 miles from my house...oooh my credit card is going to get some exercise.) Anyway, to keep the kiddos out of trouble while the parents are shopping, they leave toys around for them to play with. Munchkin found a shopping cart full of plastic groceries. She pushed that thing around and around while I shopped. The problem started when I finished my shopping. We were at the back of the store. As Little One was not following me as I started toward the front of the store, I got behind her and reached for the cart and pushed it along with her. OOOOHHHH. She did not like that. She wanted full control of that cart. Well, she howled but I continued to "help" her push the cart to the front. Then it was time to go....Well, she was not ready to go. The howling escalated to laying on the floor and kicking. It was so obviously a show of baby attitude that I just had to laugh. She squirmed, wriggled and writhed but we left the store....then seeing that she was defeated, she happily grinned at everyone we passed in the parking lot. She is 21 months but guess this is an inkling of the "terrible twos" that people speak about.

I have to look up how one is supposed to handle these fits.

Have been going back and adding second pages to layouts where I have only one page. The page "Backyard Swinging" was one that I did one of the forums. Can't remember which...but uses MCA designs overlays. Then went back to creat the second page today. This is little bit with her normal cheery attitude ...not a tantrum in sight.

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. Keep the good thoughts going for New Orleans and that Gustav dies out before doing much damage to the south!