Top 10 Reasons My Daughter Cried This Morning

Having preschoolers is like constantly walking a tightrope of emotion. One wrong move and you crash and burn. Except it's not just a misstep that can cause a wreck, it's looking at them wrong. Or just looking at them. Doing something that you swear every other day they love but on that particular day it's enough to cause a complete breakdown. It's saying the wrong thing...which is usually followed by an hour of trying to figure out what the heck was said. 

So, in honor of the ever-shifting moods of preschoolers, here are the top 10 reasons my daughter cried this morning.

1. I didn't say "Good Morning" loud enough.
2. Then I said it too loud.
3. She asked for some lotion and I started to put it. I put it on the wrong spot. And then she wanted it off.
4. Her brother was looking at her.
5. My hair was down, she wanted it in a bun. Then the bun was not high enough.
6. Her arm was not going in her sweater the right way, "No arm! This way!"
7. Our dog was looking at her.
8. The placemat at the table was not perfectly placed on the edge.
9. I gave her the wrong cup for milk. 
10. I was looking at her.

And then repeat. It was a bad morning. But don't worry. It got better.

It got better after she went to bed and I got some wine.

**I wrote this awhile ago but never published it here. This list did make an appearance on my Facebook page. After a rough morning last week, I relived remembered it.**

{P.S. If you like Top 10 lists, here's my Top 10 Reasons My Daughter Got Out of Bed Last Night.}

xo Sara

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I Had a Dream...

...that my phone bent in half and then turned into dust right in my hands. And then blew away with the wind.

I don't think that symbolizes anything, do you?

And I didn't wake up in too much of a panic... Well, I did immediately reach for my phone. 

When I told my husband this story he rolled his eyes and said, "you seriously have a problem."

Love you too, sweetie.

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Do you have something you don't think you could live without? And I'm talking materialistic things here, I don't want any comments saying your family or something sentimental. Because of course if I had to choose between my husband/kids and my phone I'd pick my...ummm...I mean obviously my....well....

I may have a problem. 

xo Sara

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Top 10 Reasons My Daughter Got Out of Bed Last Night

Where's the little girl? Can never have too many stuffed friends...

Putting toddlers/preschoolers to bed is easy. Getting them to stay in bed is another deal altogether. Here are the top 10 reasons my daughter got out of bed last night.

Upon hearing her either cry or yell for me, I would enter her room and ask, "Elena, what's wrong?"

And these were the answers.

1. "I have to go potty"
2. "Nothing"
3. "I want water"
4. "I have to poop"
5. "Are we going to do something fun tomorrow?"
6. "Clifford fell off my bed"
7. "I need a band-aid"
8. "Are you in the living room or kitchen?"
9. "Nothing"
10. "I don't want my band-aid anymore. I have to go potty. I want more water."

Oh, did I say 10 reasons? Yeah, this want on a little longer than that. Do you have a bedtime ritual?

xo Sara

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