On Saturday we dropped Paige off with Grandma and Grandpa so we could go into Toronto to meet our friends Caroline and Phil. Since we'd be home after 8:00, we dropped her off for a sleepover. They apparently had a great time, she ate her meals, she slept all night, etc. She has slept over there before.
When we got there to pick her up and stay for dinner she wanted nothing to do with me. If I tried to come close to her or, God forbid, pick her up, she would yell "no no no!". She was clearly mad at Mike too, but mainly me. We're thinking that even though she had a good time, she was angry with me for leaving her. Mike is always going to work, so she somewhat forgave him, but me? nope. She finally came around a bit when I picked a crayon up for her. Things got better from there, but went downhill fast when it was time to leave Grandma and Grandpa's house and get in the car. Oh well, by that point she was tired and it was to be expected.
Early in the morning (before it was time to get up), she started yelling "daddy! daddy! daddy!" and he went in to find her standing up and looking for her soothers. She has never yelled our names in the night before.
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So yes, since Paige stayed at their house for all of Sunday as well, we had a chance to go out for breakfast. The wait was about 20 minutes long, but we just stood there patiently without a toddler in tow. Then we looked at dream homes on MLS, and got ready to go out to a movie. We saw "Last Chance Harvey"....I recommend seeing it. Then we shopped a bit at Home Outfitters, and took a long and leisurely drive along Lakeshore to my dad and Maura's house. Nice to have a day around town to ourselves, it totally brought me back to times before Paige where we would just do random stuff all day. It felt really weird. Now we are so bound by, and used to, Paige's nap in the afternoon. I don't mind the routine of going out in the morning and being home for the afternoon to read or go on the internet, or whatever. But it was fun to have a different sort of weekend, and definitely fun to go to a matinee.
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It's all just part of them growing up and learning not to be so dependent on you. The bonus was your great"time to yourselves. Just be thankful that she is so happy with your Dad and Maura...wouldn't it be awful if you couldn't fine anyone that she was happy to stay with. In another 8 months or so she won't even want to have an afternoon nap every day, then you will have to keep busy, to keep her entertained. haha. Just remember, it gets better all the time. Just about then, another one will come along and it starts all over again, except that this time the first one can help out. haha Chin up kids. Love Gramama
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