Karma Re-Balancing

M goes to the same daycare/preschool as one of her cousins. As we were marveling (out loud) at how enamored she is with the new place, how easily she had taken to the new routine, we heard the opposite reaction from her cousin. Maybe M could meet up with said cousin before drop off? Of course, we just invited a great karma re-balancing by bragging on our kid, M wouldbe happy to help.

Today M woke up grouchy. To be fair, we woke M up from a deep sleep. We had been out celebrating the birthday of a great grandmother the night before and our routine was off. She was out cold, we dressed her before she had any idea what was coming. M was not in the mood today, for anything. Would you like yogurt? NO! Would you like toast with peanut butter? NO! I WANT YOGURT! Ok... NO YOGURT! You know, toddler stuff, the entire morning.

At drop off my husband obviously ran into M's cousin, who was handling drop off like a little champ (because re-balancing). Because I married into good people, my brother in law didn't make the sarcastic quips I would have "Oh, YEAH, M loves daycare..." Instead we got a thoughtful email about an hour later reassuring us the M had settled down after my husband left and was happily playing with some toys.

Hopefully the rest of the day went a bit better for everyone involved. L had her first full day of PreSchool, I would say I'm sure it went well, but I've learned my lesson for the day. We will what shape we are in after I pick everyone up. I'm not expecting much, so maybe the universe will reward us with spectacular days and full meals eaten. There's nothing to make a toddler mood worse than choosing Starve on an already tired, grumpy day.

L had a great morning. She was super excited to begin violin lessons today. This is her perfected Why-Is-My-Sister-Acting-Like-This face. I'm grateful they generally take turns having rough days.