Grumpy Faces

I am not sure if it is that she is the middle child, if it is simply her personality, or her age, but Arydona had had the countenance of a grinch as of late. All I ever see is a frown, and is she perfecting that look!!! When most children smile as the norm she whines and frowns.

The child will frown for any reason what so ever. Let's try to use the potty- frown, let's get dressed- frown, let's go play- frown, no cookies for breakfast- frown, please don't hit your brother- frown, Frown frown frown!!! Today I was trying so hard to get her to smile, I decided to try a trick my dad always used. This entails pretending that she is already smiling. I told her "you better not smile, no no smiling. Uh, oh!! I see a smile! I said no smile" Still no smile.

She would start to smile and then quickly frown again. It wasn't until she saw a duck on the back of a bulletin truck that a smile FINALLY crept across her little face. If she only knew how beautiful she only knew how beautiful she looked smiling!!!

Oh but how different her personality is to her brother and sister. The two of them live life smiling. well the latter perhaps a mixture of the two. She is hot and cold, super loving then super upset. I say upset as it is never truly clear if she is sad, mad, or frustrated or anywhere in between. Then her brother is the most easy going child I have ever seen. He barely cries unless he is in pain or hungry. He yells, but not in a sad way. He will yell with a smile on his face.

It is so funny watching them each with their own little personalities. Each having different needs. One it takes a look and their behavior is corrected- apologizing profusely, another redirection is a miracle worker, the other needs to tenderly be guided but with an incredibly firm hand. They are so unique! It is fascinating how they each captivate in a different way. I just hope we out grow the frown stage!!!