Potty Magazine

So- the other night Macie decided that she wanted to go potty. On her way into the bathroom she saw the ensign and decided to grab it. She then went into the bathroom, put her baby in the little potty and herself on the big one and sat and read the magazine. This is really funny because this type of thing does not happen in our house! So she has never seen this and I don't know where she got the idea from!!!! We are just excited that she is sitting on the potty!

New Toy

This is Addie in the bouncer!! See how excited she is!!!!! We finally pulled it out and tried it and she liked it ok. I am sure as she learns how to use it she will enjoy it more.

This is her favorite thing to do!! Shove her entire fist in her mouth!! What a talant!!!!

Inside Macie's head

A little look at what Macie thinks the right way to say things is.

"old Macdonald had a farm with a cow here, with duck here quack, quack, with a pig here, oink, oink, with a kangeroo here, ....kangeroo, with a cow here."

"abcde, come on everybody, fghijklmn, faster, opqrstuvwxyz, keep singing!"

She then puts on this hat and says "I'm a cowboy"

me: "your a cowboy? What does a cowboy say?"

her: "moo, moo"
This last picture is just to show those of you at home how curly and long her hair is getting!

Decorating the tree

Here are a few pics of us decorating the tree! Macie is a lot more fun this year than last. Last year I just wanted to take the tree down because she just kept braking all of the bulbs and undecorating it and this year- she actually keeps it decorated! Yeah!!! She loves the christmas stuff. She gets soooo excited every time she comes down the stairs. She yells: "yeah- it's christmas!!!" It is so cute!Addelyn, enjoying the lights! (and her fingers!)

Macie so excited to help put the ornaments on the tree!!

Is this spot ok mom?

Look at that concentration!!

I think that this part was her favorite!! She got to go under the tree to get the dropped ornament! Just look at the excitement on that face!

HELP!!

ok-I think that we have hit the terrible two's!!!! Here are a few examples of my rebellious child. Whenever we try and say a prayer- we tell her to fold her arms- she absolutely REFUSES!!!! It does not matter if you take her food away, tell her she will go to time out, have multiple family home evenings on it, or tell her that Jesus likes us to pray- NOTHING will work!

She will say NO to almost everything you ask her to do. Whether it is take a bath, do your hair, get dressed, eat dinner, or give you a hug- she will say NO!!!! And then when she has said no enough and you have tried to be patient and nice about things and there is no other option besides making her do what you have asked, she will kick and scream on the floor, in your arms, or in time out- it doesn't really matter where she is, she will be kicking and screaming.

One last example comes from today in the car. We were leaving somewhere and she was screaming because she didn't want to leave, this is our conversation:

me: "Macie, you don't really need to scream like that"

her: "I'm crying because I'm sad!!!!"

me: "Your sad. why are you sad?"
her: "Don't talk to me!!!!" (in a really mad, screaming voice)

Then a few minutes later I hear this: "Go Away!!! I don't like you sun, go away!!!" (again- in a really mad, screaming voice) I don't know where she is getting these phrases, but I really need to find out!!

What is a parent to do?!!!! Well- that is what I am asking all of you wise mothers and fathers out there for....advice! PLEASE tell me how to deal with this child, PLEASE. I am completely lost and don't know what to do for her- is this normal?!!!! or am I doomed?!!