Ella has been given a lot of slack in the meal department. We've been feeding her what she wants to eat regardless of what is actually for dinner. She lives off fruit, dairy and carbs and refuses to eat meat or vegetables. This past week we have started the "you eat what we eat" program much to her frustration.
The past three nights, she's gone to bed without eating her dinner. Broccoli, potatoes and chicken the first night, leftovers the next and rice and dahl (Indian) last night, though hers was mostly just rice. She's proving to be quite stubborn so we've let her go to bed hungry. She's so trying to test us and win this battle of wills that she won't even ask for anything else, least we think she cares whether she eats our "yucky" dinner or not.
The other night, I baked cookies and they were cooling on the counter while Ron and I were watching tv. At 10, I went to check on a "sleeping" Ella. Instead, I found Tinkerbell, eating a cookie, pretend baking with the attachments to my Kitchenaide... our kitchen is 5 feet from the couch and open to the family room in a one story house - and we didn't catch her earlier???
Who knows how many cookies she'd managed to sneak by then... poor thing was probably starving. I was laughing so hard, I couldn't even scold her and when I asked what she was doing with my baking attachments she said "I making you cookies, Mommy." :) How do you discipline that???
She loves to play dress-up and most days she's in her Halloween costume, doing ballet. Until she falls asleep on the couch... :)
It's been a couple of weeks of cold weather... we're cold because we're still adjusting from Hawai'i, but it's also relatively cold for San Antonio. It's been getting down to the low 30's (close to zero for you Canadians) at night and only up to the mid 40's during the day. We've been bundling up in layers and layers, fleece, and staying warm under blankets. Ella loves my scarves and is going through this "model" phase where she poses crazy every time the camera is out... I have no idea what's prompted this but it is amusing :)
Ella has been given a lot of slack in the meal department. We've been feeding her what she wants to eat regardless of what is actually for dinner. She lives off fruit, dairy and carbs and refuses to eat meat or vegetables. This past week we have started the "you eat what we eat" program much to her frustration.
The other night, I baked cookies and they were cooling on the counter while Ron and I were watching tv. At 10, I went to check on a "sleeping" Ella. Instead, I found Tinkerbell, eating a cookie, pretend baking with the attachments to my Kitchenaide... our kitchen is 5 feet from the couch and open to the family room in a one story house - and we didn't catch her earlier??? 
Who knows how many cookies she'd managed to sneak by then... poor thing was probably starving. I was laughing so hard, I couldn't even scold her and when I asked what she was doing with my baking attachments she said "I making you cookies, Mommy." :) How do you discipline that???
I have been an especially good girl this year. I know everyone thinks the 2's are difficult but it is clearly not the case. 3 has it's moments but it's all about the journey and the lessons learned so we can overlook the tantrums, the spoiled fits, and outright defiance, right Santa? For the most part I am well-behaved and am just testing my boundaries as all 3-year olds do... it's out of my control, really but I am learning about consequences and privileges, and though sometimes a hard lesson learned, I am growing into the good little girl I know I am. 
