Oh Evelina

I've seen this blog (http://reasonsmysoniscrying.tumblr.com/) floating around the interwebs over the last couple of days.  It is totally hilarious and totally accurate.  If it had a submission page I would need to include an episode from this morning.  

Chris is in VT for work so I had to take over the morning responsibilities today.  Daphne woke first and while I was feeding her and getting her dressed, Evelina woke up.  We usually let her chill in bed for a little bit to wake up, otherwise she is Miss Grumpy Pants.  Well, I clearly didn't wait long enough this morning. I went into Evelina's room and put Daphne on the little sheep skin rug in front of the bookcase.  She loves chilling there and usually Evelina enjoys "playing" with her little sister for a bit, getting her to laugh and smile. This morning Evelina decided to be her difficult self and throw everything from her bed onto the floor and sulk.  She was probably peeved that Papa wasn't home.  All I wanted her to do was get undressed and use the potty...not too much to ask right?  What I wanted to avoid was a fight...why does everything need to be a fight?  I used one of my reverse psychology methods and told her that I was going to finish getting ready (in hopes that she would want to do the same).  I had to run downstairs for something and while I was down there I hear Evelina screaming while breaking down in tears.  From this outburst alone, I thought for sure she had fallen off of the bed or hurt herself in some other way.  I ran upstairs as fast as I could to make sure she was okay.  She was tucked against one of her bed rails crying when I entered the room.  I asked her what happened, her reply in a tearful voice....."Daphne smiled at me....WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

Wow...just WOW.  I swear, it is really tough to be a toddler when your cute little sister smiles at you because she thinks you are the bees knees.