Bad Habits and Oats

Joy's new bad habit: licking her plate after her meal. I like the spinach that ended up on her forehead.

Blythe's new bad habit: taking off her all her clothes and her diaper during naptimes. It was funny the time I took this picture. It was not funny the time Jake went in to discover a "nik nik" Boo and significant fall-out (so to speak) of a dirty diaper.

Blythe was really feeling her oats over the weekend. She was giving Joy and Janie, the stronger personalities of the family, a run for their money. She would giggle as she hit Joy on the head during dinner, giggle as she teased the other girls with books she was not planning to share in the car, laugh as she tickled and poked the other girls in the car. The thing is, she's on the receiving end of ALL of that behavior ALL the time. Abby Jane and Joy did not like the tastes of their own medicine most of the time, but Jake and I were honestly a little proud to see little Blythe asserting herself a little more.

Having said that, on Friday morning, Joy pushed Blythe off the end of the diving board, resulting in more of a flip than a jump. Sunday night, Joy was trying to climb up the ladder in the deep end of the pool, and Blythe stood between the handles of the ladder, kicking Joy back every time Joy got up to the top of the ladder. So it all kind of balances out in the end and it all creates an excellent learning opportunity to be GENTLE and loving and kind! Then Jake and I can laugh to ourselves later.