Toddlers going on Teens!!!

Now that my girls are 4, I can look back on the years of the two's and three's and grin, shake my head, and just say "Welp, it was loud and fun!".  Anyone that has had kids knows those years when they start to figure out that they can throw temper tantrums, say no, and just plain try to rule the house.  It's loud (there is no such thing as inside voices!!), and it's tiring!  Have lot's of coffee and wine (or other adult juice available) for when it's appropriate!  (Like at 5 o'clock when your other half gets out of work and you just want to go pee by yourself!)

It can be very frustrating when your 2 or 3 year old is in the store and just starts throwing a fit.  I have had to break up fights and you just try to either grin and bear it, shop fast, and get the hell out of dodge, or you can pack them up and leave the store as a punishment for them.  Neither way is very fun, but THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!!  There is a light at the end of the tunnel!  The hardest part is for you to stay calm while these two little people that think they are really old enough to make the decisions are trying to rip every shred of your patience away from you.  

I know I've made this sound horrible, and you will loose your patience some.  Just know that others have been there, and have survived!!  And at the end of the day when those little ones just want your snuggles and kisses, and you get that first real "I love you Mommy", it makes all the headaches, stress, anxiety, and frustration worth it!!  I promise!!


I mean, who could really stay mad at these smiles!!  Am I right??