Moves Like Toddler

It ain't easy being little. I am not talking about me as if I am limited by my lack of height, I just find a tall person to do stuff or reach stuff for me. My daughter is almost two and while she lives a good, loved and comfortable life it cannot be easy to be a toddler.
You are learning how to do and get into everything. You are learning how everything works. You can reach a lot more stuff now and you want to do everything that the grown ups in your house are doing (and the dog too). The downside is that people are ALWAYS telling you no (or the multi-syllabic nonononononononono) just when you are in, on or doing something really fun. You have learned how to colour yet you want to colour on anything you reach and what does that get you? A time out.
In the middle of the night you think of something you want to do so you call your mommy and what do you get? Samuel L. Jackson. You wake up (at 5am) singing and laughing and yelling and even the dog doesn't want to see you. What if you miss something? What if everyone is watching movies and eating good stuff without you? Better yell. Here comes Samuel L. Jackson again.
The hardest part though are the tantrums. You get so frustrated because you really want to make a toy (or the dog) do what you want it to but it won't (stupid thing). You throw it and you get in trouble so only the tantrum is left in your bag of tricks. You start yelling but that doesn't work, you throw yourself down on the ground and that doesn't work so you start to roll (out of the room) in anger and people just laugh at you.
Yup, it's hard to be a toddler. On the upside though you get cuddles on demand, the dog thinks that you are awesome and tasty (even if you throw things at her), if you sing or dance you always get applause and there is always someone to play with. Getting to eat grilled cheese is pretty great too though....
Be happy!
x Jen

Intro: Why I'm not a soccer mom (just sayin)

I live in suburbia. We live on a street with a 2 to 1 ratio of dogs versus cats. Every second house has at least on SUV or minivan. There is a school at the end of our street, 3 daycares on our street alone (at least 5 more within a 3 block radius) and an awful lot of sweatpant and Ugg wearing moms (with artful caramel/beach coloured highlights).
Don't get me wrong, I love our house, our neighbours (except maybe shirtless old guy on a bike) and our area. Sometimes I think that despite the husband,kid and dog combo that live with me maybe I don't quite fit in with "the norm". I tend to keep to myself, sport crayola inspired hair colours, I like reading and keeping up with world events and I want to make my corner of the world a better place (and tidier too). I cringe when in the company of the Competative Mom who gives you a look of horror should your delightful child not be reading/writing/composing light operettas/performing complex algabreic equations shortly after birth. I'm even more of an anomaly as I don't work outside the home and stay home with my littlest best buddy, my daughter. For the record, I don't care if you stay home or work or whatever as long as you are the best parent you can be. We all have good days, gross days, rough days, and awesome days. I think that the world could start to be a better place if we moms could be a lot nicer to each other, not judge each other (and each other's kids) and just accept that life happens to all of us. I cringe when I think of my daughter having to deal with Girl Shit because Girl Shit is the worst (and something that lasts long after the playground days are over). I think she will be okay though because she is a lot more outgoing than I ever was, smart and frankly she is freaking adorable.
I am lucky. I live with a man who loves me despite working our way through most of the marriage vows already, a neurotic but loving and sweet dog and the funniest,sunniest kid I know. My family drives me crazy but they are supportive beyond the call of duty and I have some pretty spectacular friends to lean on and adore.
This blog will be all over the place in terms of topics. I can't help it. I've always been a 3am thinker (some of my biggest ideas happen at the oddest times) and a dreamer. The world makes me wonder, pop culture seaps all over my world and I hope that you can laugh and wonder with me. Be happy, j