Major meltdown

Braden had a fit that I have not seen before from him. It was result of getting up early for two days, being at the babysitter, and not having a nap to speak of either day... He was pulling Landry in the wagon outside and all of the sudden started crying-- loud! I went over and finallly had him tell me that he had gotten a sticker in his foot. I looked and the sticker was already gone, but he was yelling, screaming, crying. I told him we'd go get in the bathtub and clean it up, then put a band-aid on it. (the house rule is usually no band-aids without blood, but this was an exception) He kept crying and screaming, so I put a band-aid on it while he was in the tub. The crying immediately stopped! Pick your battles, right? This is just so not like Braden to cry at all, much less at the intensity that he was. After bathtime (the band-aid came off), I put a new band-aid on it AND an ace wrap which he told me made it much better. In his prayer he asked God "to make my foot feel better, about the sticker, 'cause it was a little sticker but it burned in my toe."

Landry was just being her sweet little self last night. Paula (our babysitter) had given us a garbage sack full of hand-me-down girl clothes and I was sorting through it to see which clothes would fit this winter. Landry had a hayday with that. She put on a leopard print vest over her tank top. Then she found the shoes- oh man, did this girl ever inherit her momma's shoe-loving gene. Anyway, she put on a white shoe and a black shoe and was prissing around her in her little self-made outfit! I wish I'd taken a picture of it, but I didn't even think of it at the time.

Both kids went to bed at 7:30. They definitely need the rest, but it may have been a little early because Landry has cried out a few times. I hope her ear is not hurting. Braden ended up coming to our bed a little before 5. He crawled in on my side and just nestled right in to my spot!! He usually ends up on my side if he comes in our room. I don't mind him coming in to our bed every once in a while, in fact I kind of like it. He is so sweet about it, and he really appreciates it. There's just something cool about being in momma and daddy's bed, I guess.