Twodler Update

V: Are you happy?
Me: Yes, are you?
V: No, because my daddy hit me in a time out.
Me: Papi no te pega (he does not hit you).
V: Yeah, I am funny. My other daddy hit me.
Me: Oh, I am sorry.
V: That's okay.

Me to MoJo: If you two stop fighting I will give you a prize.
J: Like what? Gum? Maybe a toy? A book?
Me: Maybe a cash prize.
J: A baby brother?

A to me: Is your gum spicy (what I tell her when she asks for some)? You can spit it in my hand and I will eat it.

A after she peed in her underpants for the second time today: Don't worry mamá- it's an accident.

J said he wanted to stay with L and the babies (old habit- hard to abandon the moniker). V inquired: Can I see L's babies?
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The diaperless movement is having some ups and downs. We are doing better than in Miami but still not so hot. I want to avoid diapers and not use them as a fall back but I do not want a shitty car or a lake in every corner of the house. Ugh.

Yesterday the duo went to BT for the first time in weeks to participate in the cubby ceremony. This small ritual is very special and consists of a child walking his/her cubby over to the next room. Last year A marched her cubby over to the toddler room and kept calling V, who had no interest, over to the room. Yesterday was the exact opposite- V ran across BT (bigger trip) and flung his cubby into the Big Kid Room (BKR). Midway across the "bridge" to the BKR, A threw her cubby down and started screaming and melting down. I had to pick her and her cubby up. When I asked her about it later, she said "I do not need it." I asked her if she was sad or scared to leave the toddler room she confirmed. Little A- not so big after all.