David's first Valentine's Day has come and gone, and boy what a day! For this special day of love David decided to give us an extra dose of two-year-old and consequently spent most of the day in Timeout. The day started off normal as we went for our Saturday donut and then bought groceries. Little did I know that a storm was brewing!
Shortly after arriving back home David began pitching fit after fit over everything, from his cars not fitting inside his dishes to his papers falling off the table. After Emily came home, he even kicked one of the dogs! Needless to say, I lost count on how many times we sent him to sit on his little stool.
In the end, we made it through with Sunday being better. Fortunately, in our short tenure as parents, Emily and I have developed a couple of responses to this kind of behavior, and we have found that most everything that David does can be solved by one or the other.
1-We love you too much to let you act this way. (discipline)
2-We will love you through this bump in the road. (He is just acting his age.)
I guess this is what we get for not telling David that Emily and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. We have always thought that you should do those Valentine's things all year. Life and love is in the small things done well, not in the big events that happen from time to time. Besides, we just buy half-priced chocolate the day after.
Kyle
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