3 year old antics.

I'm new to this whole three year old thing, one week out and I am feeling very discouraged about the next 51 weeks. My three year old somehow channels Double Dare, even though he's never seen it. He likes to siphon liquid out of his cup and spit it into another inappropriate container, always resulting in a mess. I hated it when it was water, but now it's milk. I'd say thank god my kids don't drink juice, but I think I would prefer sticky juice over rotten milk smells any day. Another thing this new age has brought is him saying he doesn't like things... and I don't really mean things, I mean people. He's always told us when he doesn't like something, but now he has opinions on people... like Daddy. I can't say I didn't find it somewhat amusing that my Daddy's boy declared he didn't like Daddy, but that he still liked Mommy, considering I'm, without a doubt... always, bad cop. I really have no clue how to correct this spitting, I've even outlawed drinks for him anywhere but the kitchen table, but then he just somehow gets the 18 month old's drink instead. The baby is attached to his cup, enforcing a rule requiring him to drink in his high chair is not really an option because he would probably turn into veal from sitting in his chair too much.

For the record, I am totally against veal, I think it's cruel... hence the reason why I cannot subject my own child to restricted movement torture. However, when they refuse to take naps, I don't see any problem with confining them to their cribs/room for the usual amount of nap time, deemed "quiet time" on no nap days,  because if mommy doesn't get a break, she will go crazy.

Tears of heartbreak

I've been so busy with finals that I've neglected the fact that my boys have moppy hair. Today I saw a really neat toy at Toys R' Us though and it was on sale and I figured I would take them and get that and then go get their haircuts at the place we take them too. Well the toy was sold out and the haircut place was closed. I think it was more than closed though, it wasn't empty, but I'm pretty sure it closed down. It was in an obscure place, very hard to find - impossible if you use GPS surprisingly, so I can't say it's a total shock. This place was cool, they had a firetruck that you could lay on the get your hair washed, 4 vehicles to sit in - each with personal TV, and a toddler play area that you could climb in and slide down. My oldest has only ever sat in the firetruck seat, but today he talked about wanting to ride in the airplane, I was really looking forward to it. But then they were closed so we had to go all the way back home, quite a ways, and on the way home my new little 3 year old said so quietly, "I want a haircut." I looked at him in the rearview and he had these watery eyes and a sad little tear started to come out, his first heartbreak... I don't think I can handle another one.