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Last night in bed with Dillo:

me (sharply): Dillo! Quiet down and go to sleep!
Dillo: I'm angry!
me: Why are you angry?
Dillo: Because I want to fight!
me: Why do you want to fight?
Dillo: Because I'm fire -mumble-!
me: You're a fire truck?
Dillo: I'm fire NATION!
me: Oh, being fire nation makes you want to fight?
Dillo: I have all my powers!!! In my tummy. -does a variety of 'bending' moves, which involve flailing his limbs around-

Have I mentioned that nearly every sentence begins with "because"?

Have I mentioned he is SO TWO lately? Clothes are a real struggle (though, honestly, Casper was worse at this age), everything is the assertion of self and it must be just right and NO, I don't want milk in THAT cup, I want THIS cup, and I need the PINK spoon, and so forth. At least I have been through this before, and know it will pass.

Yesterday everyone went to school and work and stayed there without any untoward incidents. The kids were way tired when we got home, which meant that bath time was a festival of tears, and this morning was also rather rough (especially for Dillo, who 1.5 miles after we passed the Dunkies was still crying, "I never get donuts! I want to get some donuts, and eat 'em.")

Casper has been helping me paint the kitchen, which is progressing in very slow increments. All the parts she can reach are now painted. I have 1.5 walls left to do the cutting in on, and then a very fast time with the roller should complete the job, but I don't expect that to happen until the weekend. At which point we will buy new paint for the next step (white, for the lower part of the dining room, which is currently two-tone blue and green, and to paint the upstairs bathroom. We should also look for some primer and trim paint for upstairs, and downstairs too for that matter - someone did a crappy job of touching up the trim in a different white from what was already there. I think Sherwin Williams Harmony is going to be our next trial of low/no-VOC paint. We were very happy with the Yolo and will probably get more for the bedroom, but they don't really make plain white, and also we have to go to Atlanta to get it.

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[serrana.livejournal.com]

Oh yes: it's that charming transition from sweet baby boy to raging two-year-old.

It was much harder to tell with Herself, because she was, um, grouchy from birth (and the Terrible Twos went on until, er, sometime this year). But with him it's been like flipping a switch.

Not that I got kicked a lot this morning or anything.

[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

We used the Sherwin Williams Harmony and were pleased with it. Of course, it was really our first serious attempt, so we've little to compare with it. But still. Worked well. Looks nice. Seems to be holding up.