Sorry for the delay in posting. Kara is not liking the new bed and we are losing our minds trying to outsmart her to stay in there. Today she is finally napping in her crib without me being right next to her door. I started off on the floor and have worked my way to sitting outside the door with the door open. Nighttime however is a totally different story. She does not want to stay in bed and wakes up screaming in the middle of the night. As soon as she wakes up she turns on her light, so I have now turned the light off at the ceiling fan so the wall switch doesn't work. Then she was opening her closet looking for things to play with. So we had to tie the closet door handles together and I tied the blinds as well. Last night we decided maybe she would do better if we left the door open and put the gate in the doorway. That way she can see what's on the other side. (When Aaron was little he would sleep with the door open and that worked for him.) Well, in the middle of the night a big crash. I thought she had figured out how to open the gate and knocked it down, but Andy said oh no, the gates up and Kara is having a tantrum in the hallway. So she hopped over the tall gate. YIKES! We are at our wits end. I'm not sure what else to try so we are just going to let her cry it out as long as we don't hear a big crash. So last night we got her back in bed and closed the door and she cried for an hour before she gave up. I'm not sure that she went to sleep but she stopped screaming. Hm...We are just waiting for her to learn door knobs since she figured everything else out. Anyway so we are extremely exhausted trying to figure out how to calm her down.
Now for the funny stuff.
Kara has learned a lot of shapes and she will tell me which is which when I ask her. The other day she drew a pretty good square on the magna doodle and told me, "Look, mommy a square."
Also, this is apparently love bug season in Alabama. For those not familiar with the love bug, they are very annoying but harmless bugs that fly around everywhere. They are also very fragile because if you try to shoo them off of your clothes you usually end up smooshing them and get bug guts all over you. Well, we have them in the house too so Aaron was asking what is it. I told him a love bug. He said, "Aww, it's trying to love me!" Then a few seconds later Kara reached down and ate it. Aaron gagged and almost threw up but Kara was unfazed. Yuck.
Aaron was trying to show Andy something while Andy was cooking so Aaron told him, "After you do the finishing touches I will tell you!"
Also, I got really sick one evening so the next morning Aaron told us, "I'm having Orange Juice just in case my body wants to get sick."
Last night Andy and the kids were wrestling and Aaron got a scratch. He was fine until I pointed it out. Then he was hollering and moaning very loudly. Kara was asking, Bubba o.k. So we got his arm cleaned up and put a band aid on. As soon as Kara saw the band aid she clutched her arm in the exact same place Aaron had and made the same crying/moaning sounds Aaron did and told us, "Kara need band aid."
Then we had spaghetti for dinner and Kara told me, "All done." So I moved her chair back so I could clean her hands and face and she said, "OH. I clean shirt." And she started picking up the noodles she had dropped on her shirt and ate them. Then again she said, "All done." So I cleaned her hands again and she started to step down and then she saw she had more bread so she told me, "I get bread. I get bread." And started to eat that too. So, I'm not sure she is understanding the concept of all done.
Here are some pictures from the other day. Aaron was looking for his shirt which I told him was in our room. So here's what we saw when he came down the stairs.
He told us he couldn't find his shirt so he put on daddy's.
Here is the airplane Aaron made with blocks.
Then Kara wanted her picture taken.
Then Aaron made Angry eyebrows.
And Kara had to do it too.
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