Busy, Busy...Bad

Well, this past week has been a busy & draining week for me. It all started with the Labor Day Parade, then we had a picnic with all of Jeremy's family at Rand Park. After that, Jeremy & I got the 'pleasure' of tarring part of the roof @ AMI :) It actually wasn't that bad & I hadn't been up on the roof in so long, I forgot how GREAT the view was!!

Then, comes the day after a 3-day weekend that everyone dreads! It has been an absolute ZOO here @ work this week!!! Which is good, I guess. It's good business. (aka 'job security')

So...here comes the 'Bad' part of my Blog Title.....on Wednesday, Rylee got her first time-out @ school! Jeremy had picked her up & when they got home, he said that she wanted to call me at work. So, he dialed the number for her & she was just chatting away. Well, when I asked her, 'What did you do at school today?' She handed the phone to Jeremy and said, 'Here, you tell her Daddy.' He proceeded to tell me that she told him she got time-out at school because she hit Trevor, a boy in her class. I hesitated at first, because Rylee likes to 'fabricate' stories these days (what two-year old doesn't), but the more she got into detail, the more I started to worry that it was actually true. When we hung up the phone I couldn't help myself, I had to call Little Angels (her DayCare). When her teacher got on the phone, I asked her if Rylee had gotten in trouble today.....she kind of snickered and said, 'Yeah, she got her first time-out today for hitting someone.' Just to see if Rylee's story was true, I asked if it was Trevor that she hit. And she said, 'Yes, actually it was.' So, to my amazement, my two-year old was capable of telling me a story, even though it was a bad one, that was detailed & true. I was impressed with that. However, I was not impressed with the story itself. We've been having some issues recently with Rylee being bossy and a little 'rough' at home. I never thought it carried over into school, because before if I would ever ask if Rylee was having any problems hitting or pulling hair (which is what she does to her babies at home), her teacher would look at me like I was crazy & say, 'Oh no, Rylee is an angel. She's very helpful and always listens.' What happened to that Rylee??? :) I try to take it with a grain of salt, because even though there are 'rough patches' with her behavior & listening, everyday (many, many times) she amazes me with her vocabulary, her gentleness & her ability to pick up on things so quickly. I'm thankful everday, every second, that she is in our lives. She is such a blessing. And even though the day-to-day things can be tough & challenging, I have SO many things to be thankful for!!