Amy at the gym

Notice there are no princess dresses. At three and a half, Amy has hit the terrible two's. She is testing me at every turn. One of my efforts to establish who is in power, was to pull the dress up box up and out of reach. My plan was to give her one item out of the dress up box for each morning that she was good (i.e. let us get out the door to go to school). I thought I was going for the jugular. It has failed miserably. She has suddenly lost all interest in princess dresses. I even said, yesterday, "Amy do you want to pick one item from your dress up box, that you can have if you are good this morning"? And she said, "no mommy".

Sunday update: Don and I got the unified front theme down, had some unpleasant moments disciplining Amy on Saturday, and found her to be princess charming all day Sunday. Amy and I had our first dip in the ocean today. This time of year is my favorite. Yes, the water is cold: but there are no jellyfish.