"RIGHT NOW!" says Baby Bear

A day in the life of a stay-at-home mom: After lunch today I found myself waving silk flowers in the air with a red scarf tied to my belt for my "tail" and wearing a pink-striped bib. I had to think to myself, "Is this why I got a master's degree?" Olivia seems to think that if she adds the words "right now" to her demands it means she's going to get her way. For example, the other day she told me she wanted eggs for breakfast. While I was cooking the scrambled eggs, in her two-year-old way of thinking, she said, "NO EGGS! NO EGGS, RIGHT NOW!" I calmly told her that it's not okay to yell at me, and that behavior will earn her a time out. I also told her that her eggs were done and they're on the table, if she decides she's hungry. About 30 seconds later, she was sitting at the table, gobbling up her eggs. I don't think I'll ever completely understand the thought process of a two-year-old. Olivia went through a long stage after Sophia was born of pretending she was a baby. She would tell us exactly what she wanted us to say to her to play along with the game. "Read books, baby. Baby's going to take a bath. Baby is very very hungry." This has recently changed to Olivia requiring us to end every sentence we say to her with "Baby Bear". For example, "It's time for dinner, Baby Bear." We recently checked out a book from the library about a baby bear getting a new baby brother and sister. I guess she could relate to this bear's experience. Or maybe she just thought the bear was cute. Sophia is really getting into taking baths. She absolutely loves to splash. If she's laying on her back, she's bucking and kicking, trying to make the biggest waves possible. If she's sitting, she's waving her arms trying to splash her sister and me. She loves the water so much, she cries when I take her out of the tub. Sophia's favoirite toy these days is a set of metal measuring spoons. She gets really excited, squealing and squirming, if you hold them up so she can see them. Usually Sophia is so enthralled with Olivia that she'll let her sister yank any old toy out of her hands. This does not apply to the measuring spoons. I can be at the opposite end of the house and know when Olivia has taken her sister's treasured spoons.