Camille timid vs. bully

She can be so timid but then be such a bully too. She is scared of things. The other day someone rang the doorbell once. She dropped everything she was doing and ran crying to me. Our doorbell never rings so it’s not like she knew when she heard that noise she would see a stranger in the house next. She hates the noise of the vacuum and just cries when it’s being used. Loves to watch airplanes but hated the noise of the air show. The other side of her though can be so out of control. She bit again at school. This time she has become a paci stealer and when the child tried to take their paci back Camille bit them. She still bites Av daily which about half the time it’s partly Av’s fault (Av knows the signs and needs to get out of the way and also Av has started picking fights with her). Camille pushed a boy who was about a foot taller than her at Av’s school because she wanted to crawl through a tunnel first. Then yesterday at a festival we were at she just walked up to Stella who was sitting on her mom’s lap and just tried to bite her for no reason. John thankfully caught her and we left right after that. One of these days she will learn the fun stops when she behaves like that. It’s so weird how she can have 2 such strong personalities that seem to contradict each other.

purple dress

A few weeks ago Avery had to get her blood drawn. I was not looking forward to it and I knew just telling her would not be fun. I waited until the last minute and then told her we had to go to the doctors and she was going to get a shot. Poor thing was not happy. I don’t do this often but I told her afterwards we would go to Target and I would let her pick out something small. After getting the blood drawn we headed to Target where she proceeded to pick out a purple DRESS. Out of everything Target had to offer she wanted a dress. We are in trouble when she is a teen if our 4 year old already cares that much about clothes.

splash park

I took the girls to the splash park at the zoo yesterday. Av didn’t even have any friends with her but she had a ball! The minute we got there she took off and was soaked within seconds. She ran right up to the slide line and stood there like she did it every day. She knew right what to do and waited in line over and over again. I’m so impressed all the time by the things she knows and does. She is just amazing. Camille liked it pretty well. She didn’t really get to wet other than when one of the jets surprised her and soaker her right in the face. It was so funny to watch. It just surprised her and she came running back to me like “hey what just happened?” It didn’t bother her at all though. Only problem is that the splash park is at the bottom of this huge hill. Pushing that stroller back up in the heat is a work out!!

"my belly hurts"

Av has officially learned how to put on the pitiful face and get mommy to pick her up from school in a second. About once a week I either get the call -“Avery is in the office saying her belly hurts” or hear from them at the end of they day she was in the office saying her belly hurts. Her belly is the catchall. She is able to look real sad and stick out that bottom lip and get everyone feeling sorry for her. When I get to her school I usually find her lying on her favorite teacher just soaking up the extra attention. The first time I picked her up it was pretty justified. She had a cold. The second time she was fine half an hour after getting home. Today I just got a call from the office and I know she is not sick. They promised they would call me back in half an hour if she were still acting puny. Ugh parenthood is hard!!!!!!

mother's day

I got my mother’s day on Sunday. It was the best. I was spoiled rotten and loved every minute of it. John got up with the girls and I, and got us all our bagels, milk and coffee. Then he had to take care of a smelly diaper and wipe Av all before having his coffee. It was a pretty sufficient taste of what my mornings are like. I am a pretty lucky mommy!!!

baseball game

We took the girls with some friends to a baseball game this weekend. We all had a blast. Surprisingly we watched most of it. We had great seats. 4 rows behind home plate and most of the seats around us were empty so the kids could wander/play, as they wanted too. We were right by the door to the field that the kid’s entertainment used so they got to see everyone come and go. Av was so excited and loved it all. Camille on the other hand was very scared. At one point she was standing up with a handful of popcorn and this big blowup parrot ran into the net that was right in front of us. Her popcorn went flying and she back peddled up the stairs to get to us as fast as possible. The look on her face was priceless. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Even the people around us were laughing. Poor Camille.

garden

This weekend we finally got the garden in. On Saturday we walked to the farmer’s market to buy plants. They didn’t have everything we needed so we went to Home Depot as well but it was kids day at the market so every kid got a free tomato plant. That worked out perfectly for us. We got cucumbers, red and orange peppers, tomatoes, basil and banana peppers. We all started out helping John plant but it was quickly discovered what we were not as much help as we thought we were so we went to a friend’s house to play. John did a great job though and set up a watering hose throughout the garden as well. Makes watering it a breeze. I can’t wait until we start getting some yummy stuff. Av planted some seeds with Grandma and some at school as well so she will have her own little garden. We are going to plant that one night this week. She is so proud of her little sprouts. I hope they do well.