naughty girl

brynna is currently sitting on the couch, screaming and crying.  she was drinking her milk then started to hold her cup upside down (it's a sippy but it still leaks a little bit).  she has been told repeatedly not to do this but insists on spilling her milk for whatever reason.  dave scolded her and slapped the couch next to her hand so now she's crying. 

earlier today she was refusing to hold hands with me or dave while walking.  refusing.  like she had a choice.  started throwing a fit when i finally picked her up and carried her instead of letting her walk because she wouldn't hold hands.  

last night she and caleb were playing on the couch, jumping off the arm.  the next thing i hear is the sound of a slap.  i look over from the kitchen and ask caleb what happened.  he starts crying loudly with real tears.  i thought he might just be scared that he was going to get busted for hitting his sister.  when i got over there i noticed a wet spot on his shirt on his upper arm.  brynna bit him.  hard.  that's why he slapped her.  she got slapped and yelled at and surprisingly, she was remorseful.  when dave told her "no biting", she actually said, "okay."  and when he told her to tell brother sorry, she agreed and went to the bedroom and said "sorry brother" (omg, cutest thing ever) and gave him a kiss.  i was shocked. 

this girl...my payback. 

phases

both of these little ones are in some somewhat irritating phases right now...

brynna is my little opihi all of a sudden...to the point where the other night she stood outside the bathtub and screamed her head off while i showered...it was by far the most un-relaxing shower ever.  she was always dave's little girl, but all of a sudden she's mommy's girl, especially when she's tired.  tonight when i was trying to talk to caleb because he was put on time-out (for his irraz phase, which i'll discuss next), brynna stood there screaming at me because she wanted to be carried.  during her opihi times she won't go to dave at all....so when it happens when i need to do something like cooking and can't have  her on my hip, it gets a little bit nutts. 

caleb is in a phase of wanting to do everything himself...and if he doesn't get to do it, he does the irritating whining and crying and irrational behaviors...."caleb can do it...caleb wants to do it."  today he was sleeping when we came home from school...so when he woke up and saw that we were home, he was upset because he didn't get to open the door for us.  he proceeded to stand by the door and whimper.  if brynna wants her milk and we get it for her, he gets upset because he wants to get it.  when i was warming up food in the microwave, he realized it was on and pitched a fit because he wanted to press the buttons (that's the one he got put in time-out for because he was just being ridiculous).  yes, it seems like his helpfulness should be appreciated...and it is and we usually indulge him in doing these things...but when it's done already and he's screaming because he didn't get to do it, it gets old real fast.