to the limit

Zoe has recently been pushing me to the limit.. Thursday she was so whiny... "Are we going to Tricia's"... "Don't leave".... "Don't leave me at Preschool..." that is all before we left the house... at preschool she was the same, don't leave, finally Frances (her teacher) had to take her aside an said she could make a card for Daddy when he picked her up. She made us both one... Finn at preschool fell and got hurt.. its not Finn safe... I was just exhausted and it was 10:30am.

This weekend she ran across the street without us.. always running ahead... Then she came home from our visit to Liam's house to get a stuffy (her favorite o' the month is Simba), and when Daddy went in the house, she ran back down the street on her own. Much to say, Daddy took her back home and she got a time out in her room.. I came home about 15 minutes later and she was still crying.

Today, after we had spent the morning swimming, having fun as a family, she came home and at some point grabbed the cherrios ziplock bag and ran to our room where Finn was sleeping and dumped them on her head and all over the floor.. the good news is she didn't use the whole bag and really she was quiet about it. But I was so mad... I couldn't give her a timeout in her room, I tried the kitchen.. she kept laughing at me.. finally I just locked her out on the deck.

oh, and did I mention nearly pushing her brother off the new slide?

This week I've vowed for more mommy-daughter time.. maybe its a competition thing.. but it is definitely also a 3 year old thing. Defining boundaries.

I'm also vowing to look into Supper Nanny discipline.