Oh boy, Ayden has been on one lately. Actually when isn't she on one? It is so hard because most of the time when she is naughty I think it is hilarious and let me tell you it is hard to discipline with a smile on my face. I feel like I am totally encouraging it. Anyway, I just wanted to write down a couple of stories from the past few weeks for the future. At least this way they will be recorded and when I read them in 10 years or so it will finally be okay for me to laugh.
-On our drive home from vacation Ayden was really tired in the car and we were just praying she would fall asleep. Finally Brad said "why don't you just take a quick nap in the car and then when we get home you can stay up for a little bit. If you don't take a nap in the car you will have to go to bed right when we get home." Ayden replied, "no Dad, here is the deal, if I take a nap in the car then I have to go to bed once we get home but If I stay awake then I don't have to go to bed when we get home." What the? How does a three year old have that kind of logic?
-First of all, Ayden has a happy jar/sad jar and when she is good or does something nice we put a candy in the happy jar and if she is naughty we put one from the happy jar into the sad jar and when she fills up the happy jar she gets the Island Princess Barbie. This has been working pretty well but one day while in Park City Brad and I went skiing and got a babysitter for the girls. The baby sitter told us when we got home that she asked Ayden to help her clean up some toys when they were done playing and she told the baby sitter "no". So the baby sitter said "come on Ayden you need to help me put these toys away" and Ayden said "no, you clean it up by yourself and just take some candy out of my good jar, okay?"
-One afternoon Ayden wanted the pink sippy cup that Alex had. After throwing a fit about it Brad put her in time out on a chair in my parents room and explained that it doesn't matter what color of cup you get and that she is not aloud to act that way. Thirty minutes when by and Brad forgot about her. Usually the whole time she is in time out she is crying or talking and begging to get out so it is not hard to forget she is there but this time she was quiet. Brad went into the room to see if she was still there and saw her laying on the chair with her hands up behind her head with a very serious look on her face. From the corner of her eyes she looked at him and said "I've been waiting for you Dad, and I still want the pink cup." Brad broke out into laughter and with the same serious tone she said, "why are you laughing dad, what is so silly?"
-Sometimes when I get laughing really hard I snort. I know it is embarrassing, but Ayden thinks it is really funny. So sometimes when she is laughing really hard she purposely snorts really loud at the end. One time we were at a christmas music concert and she kept doing it really loud. I was trying so hard to stop her but my body was shaking so hard and I couldn't breath from laughing. I am sure all the proper people around me where thinking about what a bad mom I was but it was funny.
-Speaking of being a bad mom, Ayden confirmed that I am one because this is the conversation I had with her when I was putting her to bed last night:
Ayden- "When can I be a grown up like you and Dad?"
Me- "Every year you get a little bit older and then someday you will be as old as we are and you will be a mommy just like me."
Ayden- "No! I don't want to be a mommy like you. I want to be a hard worker like my Dad. I want to be just like him not you!"
This isn't the first time she has said things to me like this. I know I shouldn't get my feelings hurt and I really don't but it is kinda sad.
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Jenni,
I really am quite sure that you said pretty much the same thing to your mom when you were about 3 years old, so I don't think it is any reflexion onyour qualities as a parent or your parenting skills. It is a reflexion of a very intelligent and manipulative young girl. Gee, now where have I met one of those before...?
Love, Dad
Jenni- I LOVE the comments from Ayden, they are so cute! I finally just got a little book to start writing the things they say down. Everyone kept telling me to write them down, but it takes time..blah blah blah...Now that I have a book just for that it seems much easier to take a few minutes and write down their funny comments. It will be fun for them to read when they are older :)
I love hearing about all the things Ayden says. It's great that you are recording them so that you can laugh at them for the rest of your life. She is so intelligent, and I'm sure that even if she's a handful that she makes you guys laugh a lot.
She is really such a bright little girl. I can understand why you have a hard time disciplining her when things like that come out of her mouth... you just don't expect that from your typical 3 year old!!
Hmmm..maybe I'll be grateful that my daughter can't talk in full sentences yet. I guarantee you'll laugh about all those things someday. They really are cute.
To funny glad to know I am not the only parent that wonders where my children come from some days. I agree that someday we will laugh at all the naughty things are kids did, but for right now it's really annoying.
I feel your pain. Somedays I can't believe what comes out of my 4 year old mouth! Madeline and Ayden are a lot alike.
Sounds a little TOO familiar! It makes me feel better, though, Jared seems to think that our daughter is the only one that acts like that!
Brad and Jenni,
I love those stories of Ayden. Lately, Jen and I have been having the same kind of conversations with Madison and I know what you are going through when you try to discipline them and not laugh at the same time. Good luck with that.
Gary Myers
Those stories are hilarious! Yeah, the kids they use as examples in all those parenting books are never that smart.
She sounds hilarious. Allie and Ayden could be best friends...and get into A LOT of trouble. :)
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