Wow! I see why your days are stressful. My kids were easy at four. I always thought that 4 was easy for most parents. Well hopefully this will be her "teens" and those years will be simple. Love your journaling. Your descriptions are very "colorful". I will pray for you that future years are much easier for you both.
Brilliant, you have described all four year olds perfectly, I am in the middle of it now, younger DD will turn 5 in September and I hope the swtich gets turned back to nice girl!!! BTW love your layout!
Hopefully she will turn all those traits into something positive, very cute lo. i think is great that you scrapped some of the more difficult times in child rearing. i have a lo with similar theme but mine is 15..LOL
LOL OMG I have a 4 yr old too I know EXACTLY what you are going through..love how you scrapped it though! YOu did an awesome job! I also have a 5 yr old that is the same way...so it doesn't get better lol sorry for the bad news,LOL
*CS* I am so glad you did this page-there are many things (negative) about E that I should scrap-but I was suffering through the storm at the time. Now-most of it has passed and he is growing sweeter every day! Hang in there-love the LO
That is some awesome journaling! I have to admit, since I don't have children and have not yet had to endure this horror, I got quite the chuckle out of alot of it - especially the schizophrenic on speed comparison. LOL! Great layout!
I LOVE your title and you have such a way with words! Yup... looks like your at "THAT" stage in a child's life. I always laugh and say "Wait until she's 16 and you'll wish she were 4". hehheee! Perfect page to scrap!!!
*CS* I think all mums will relate to that stage! Great journaling, very well put. The LO came out really great a very bold design for a bold little girl!
nice lift! love the colors and the pic! as far as the journaling goes, kudos to you for telling it like it is!!!!! And I'm glad yoiu included the bright side!!!! great job!
CS: Very pretty! I think if you moved up the photo corners, you could fit the title at the bottom of the matting! That might look nice, coming out from the flower. Looking forward to seeing the finished project! :)
hidden journaling reads I have always said that I do not like 4 year olds. They are bossy, whiny, tempermental and just plain mean at times. You sailed through the terrible twos and whizzed through the three year old stage with cuteness. But the day you turned Four you became a monster.
• You argue about everything. If I say yes, you say no. *Any attempt to brush your hair means war (See photo) • You tend to mimic everything I say and do and use it against me (Do not interrupt me when I'm on the phone Mommy. Mommy, do not be mean to Daddy. Mommy, you did not finish your dinner.) • You whine instead of speak and every little scolding requires tears and dramatic flinging of the body onto the floor. • You are spiteful and evil when not being watched (tonight you colored on your pants, your table and your face because I would not play with you). • Your moods change faster than a bipolar schizophrenic on speed! • When playing with your friends it's your way or the tattle tale highway. • Procrastination to do anything you're not interested in is a requirement. The later we're running in the morning to go to school/work the slower you seem to move. • I have to ask you 5 times to do something and even then I have to YELL at you before you will do what I ask. • The rapid fire repetitive rhetorical questions are too much to handle (what do horses like to drink, what do dogs like to drink, what do bugs like to drink, etc). • You have set a record of calling my name 30 times in one hour to keep my attention. • Eating any meal requires constant reminders to keep your butt in your seat, your feet off the floor, and to have less talking & more eating.
You're in a stage where you're no longer a baby, but not yet an independent big kid, though you would like to be. And God knows when you don't get your way the world will hear about it. But on the bright side you're determined and know what you want in life, and won't stop till you get it!
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