A Parent fax paus

This is a picture of my nephew C, (M's brother) racing for his college. Since this post involves track I figured you'd like to a little track action . His bib number is 1168.

Last night I went against all my end of the week routine and parenting wisdom (minimal at best). I took Tuki to a local track meet to watch our high school girls compete. It was great for the longest time. She learned very quickly that when the gun went off others would start cheering, shouting and yelling for runners, so she started doing that too. We were in the inner track and she would walk around in circles watching the runners clapping her hands, while bent over slightly at the waist and yelling "whatnot" at the runners. It was extremely cute and she was a hit among the athletes and coaches.

This lasted until it didn't.... then it really went into a downward spiral FAST. We were there past her bedtime, but I figured since it was the weekend, we'd relax and enjoy ourselves because she could sleep late the next morning. As a side note..whenever she is up past her bedtime, which I have allowed for various sporting events and family get togethers, she just starts to quietly fade. BUT not this time..we had a crying melt down on the way to the car, in the car, once we arrived home, while changing her clothes and rocking her to sleep..I guess you could say she had a melt down up until she crashed. I think this is due to her new disposition ..telling me what her opinion in any given situation...

So the moral of the story, take them home JUST before the behavior takes a dive...leave on a happy note.

Otherwise you will pay for it right then and there and the next day..that is today..she was crying at a "drop of a hat" as the saying goes for no apparent reason all day except for I know she was overly tired...