Do you want candy?

Another great day! If you've been reading you know that we've had a week of the terrible two's and as we imagined, everyone has great advice and some just laugh at us. Someone at work told Matt these stories about what she would do with her son to break him of the "NO, NO, NO!" syndrome. When he started with that, she would then ask him something that would generate a yes and then she would tell him NO! Then, we he looked confused she explained to him how NO isn't the answer to everything, it's not nice....you get the idea. So tonight Matt decided to test it out. Maddy was going on and on with no as an answer to everything so he says "Do you want candy?" Of course her immediate answer is yes and Matt said "NO!" Let's just say the reaction wasn't pretty. Her bottom lip curled up and she preceded to do the "I want Mommy routine." So, we've decided maybe she's a little young for that technique :) She processed it in some capacity though because 2 minutes later when he asked her a question, she just decided the way around that was to not answer at all :)

On another note, Matt says that our blog seems to be one sided and that he is always the butt of every story. My personal response to that is he should start writing some posts so he can share his perspective. But in an effort to be fair, I will share one of my less than positive moments today - We were outside tonight playing with one of those big exersise balls. Maddy likes to push it across the grass and then we would kick it to her. Needless to say this drives the dogs crazy in the backyard so I turned around and said "Doby, HUSH!" And Matt's response was to remind me that's probably where Maddy learned it and why she said that to him last night. Read previous post for details. So anyway, I need to watch my mouth and I will try to do a better job of sharing both sides!