HOLY TWO YEAR OLDS!

That screaming you hear is coming from my house. Don't worry no one is hurt or in trouble, it is just my daughter throwing a fit because life is not going her way. This has been my life lately. Last night it was because she wanted to eat dinner on the floor in front of the TV and mommy said no (this was the best tantrum so far). Today it was because I walked upstairs without her (yep, that is all it took). In the grocery store it was because she wanted the cart with the steering wheel. Seeing a trend. She is even beginning to perfect her fits! They have gone from a fussing fit to a downright on the floor screaming (and I mean blood curdling) while throwing whatever she has in her hands. Someday I will videotape her so that I can share it with her someday when she has her own sweet little two year old.
My poor husband is coming home today and will be greeted by not only a two year old who is giving the phrase "Terrible Twos" a whole new meaning, but a wife who is DONE!! This whole single parent thing is for the birds and heck, I am married! Yes, I know that when I married a guy in the Army I knew he would be gone a lot, but this if getting RIDICULOUS!!! I can't remember the last time my husband was home for more then 2 weeks. He keeps on telling me that she can't be that bad and that she is such a biscuit. Well, he is going to be home for a full week and I plan on giving him a taste of his "Biscuit". Mommy has earned a few hours to herself. Actually I have earned more then a few hours, heck I have earned months!
I am hoping this two year stage goes by quickly. I may need happy pills by the end of it. She is cute for sure and it is a good thing. My mother keeps on telling me that she is just like I was at that age. Thanks Mom for wishing that I would have a child just like me someday. I really could have done without that wish, but I have a feeling I will be wishing for the same thing.

You mean I have to shower everyday!

As I was taking a shower today I realized how much life has changed for me in the past few years. Before I had my son I would have been mortified to leave the house without makeup on let alone to not take a shower. Taking a shower, drying my hair and putting on makeup were normal. Then I had my son. Showers and getting dressed were rushed during naps. I did shower everyday and makeup was applied, but my hair was never carefully styled and gone were the days of being able to change outfits ten times because you felt fat in one (once I had kids this just happened in every outfit, so I just stopped trying). It became the norm. Then I had another child. Well, this is where it changes. Yes, I shower everyday, but I don't necessarily wash my hair. I really do try to do it daily, but sometimes I just shower to rinse off. Oh, and if I do wash my hair and don't plan on going anywhere I don't dry it anymore. I tell myself that it is better for my hair. Makeup, well that is something that only gets put on when I am going out for the day. Gone are the days of putting on makeup just to go to the grocery store. You don't need makeup to grocery shop. Plus, who am I trying to impress? I already have a husband! There are weeks like last week that I am lucky if I put on makeup one day out of five. It just isn't necessary. Oh and shaving ones legs...forget it!!! I remember when I was just married I would have been mortified for my husband to feel my legs if I hadn't shaved them. Baby those days are GONE!
Someday I will become human again, but until then I am a mother of two. One off to school in the morning and the other who likes to throw things in the toilet if I try to shower when she is awake. I will briefly venture into human territory this weekend on my short trip to a wedding in New Orleans minus kids, but it will be for one brief day. I would say getting ready will be peaceful without interruption, but I will have my husband with me and he is after all my third child.