Thursday, January 15, 2015

Threenager indeed.

So it's not just my three year old!
  1. You live in constant fear of how to cut the shape of their sandwich or toast. Do they want triangles today, rectangles, squares? And when they do tell you, they change their mind right after you cut it.
  2. They say things like (with hands firmly placed on hips), "I don't want to clean up, I want to do what I want to do!"
  3. You go through three or more wardrobe changes a day. Please just pick a princess already!
  4. Your child goes boneless the second you remind them that a transition is coming, especially when they are asked to stop playing. By the way, when was this ability given to children? You know, lay limp and double your body weight so mom can't move you. It's a talent reminiscent of a possum playing dead...
  5. They run away from you when it's time to get dressed, or leave a play place, or do anything they deem unnecessary. In fact running away from you is their favorite activity. (Cardio workout?)
  6. To nap or not to nap, that is the question. A threenager's answer will always be emphatically "NO!" Unless of course it's time for school, and they crawl into bed because they're "tired."
  7. They want three of everything because they are three.
  8. At red lights they yell, "Go... GOOO!" Threenagers do not possess patience.
  9. peaking of the car, you have to leave 10 minutes earlier so they can buckle their own car seat by their "OWN SELF!"
  10. You realize they'll be a great trial lawyer one day when they've just negotiated their way out of a timeout.

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