Seriously, these past two days have been filled with public displays of unruly behavior. Kicking, screaming, biting (a first and I'm not sure whether it was intended on being a bite or just an oral sensory input need) and complete defiance. Just when I think my girls are behaving better I am brought right back down into the terrible twos.
Today, I tried to take Savannah to story time with her best friend. It was the hour before nap time and shouldn't be an out-of-the-question activity. Savannah went into the story time room (which the girls' think is their place to be since they have attended story time there many times in the past). Well, that was enough to send the entire hour down the toilet. We had to wait out in the hallway after Lila had already picked out her favorite green carpet square and plopped herself right in the middle of all the other kids. Sitting in hall didn't go well. We thrashed, screamed and were generally ornery. We were allowed to go in once the big kids were participating in their craft. I figured this would make the twins happier as they ran in and said, "Nana" with big smiles (well Lila did). Instead of being less of a handful, Adeline took it up a notch. She was grabbing scissors out the basket, getting into the pile of odds and ends the librarian used while reading the stories and finally begging for a lollipop. After giving a lollipop to each girl, mind you Savannah didn't get to have them until she was four, Lila Grace decided to pull the table cloth off of the table with all the kids' crafts and cupcakes sitting on top. (I did end up catching it before it was all on the ground.) Then I looked like a terrible mom as I pulled on her arm to make her sit down in time-out which resulted in her throwing herself backwards and banging her head on a concrete wall. Screams erupted while many obscenities ran through my head. I am sure the other moms thought I was a lunatic with out of control children.
Why, is something like story time and impossible endeavor. It certainly wasn't a selfish outing!
