Mama told me there'd be days like this...

It seems that Casey is hitting a new milestone. And it ain't a good one. Often, I have heard it referred to as the.. terrible two's. On a recent trip to SD, Casey had a complete meltdown on two separate occasions. We were visiting some friends and there were some other kids there. These kids were a little older, I'm guessing in the 5-6 yr old range. I'm not sure how it started, but all of a sudden I hear Casey crying/screaming... Turns out, he wanted to play with a certain truck toy. A few minutes later, one of the older kids comes over to Casey and hands him said truck. Casey immediately calmed down.

Now, as I said, I don't know the details of what previously transpired. Was Casey playing with the truck, and this kid comes and takes it from him? Was the truck this kids' favorite toy and Casey wanted to play with it? Did Casey just not want to share the toy?

I also don't know the reason the kid ultimately came over and handed Casey the toy. Did his parents ask him to do it? Did his parents bribe him to do it? Did he get sick of hearing Casey scream and cry? Or maybe he was just being a nice kid... In any case, everyone within a 1000' radius was happy with the result. It saved all our eardrums...

The next day, we were visiting some other friends. We take Casey on a tour of the house, and we find the playroom. And it was stocked with toys.. Cars and trucks to be specific. Casey latches onto a big rig truck and starts carrying it all over the house. At some point, we were going to have to leave.. and I saw a potential problem brewing.. Sure enough, when it was time to go, Casey had a death grip on the truck, and was wailing.. Just as daddy pried the truck from Casey's fingers, the host graciously offered to give Casey the truck. Ever focusing on the big picture, I declined her generous offer. My thought is that it sets a bad precedence. If we give in every time Casey pitches a fit...

So, to everyone at that party, "I'm sorry about the horrible screaming and crying" I'd imagine they were all rooting for me to "Just take the damn truck"

Terrible two's huh? This is gonna be interesting... Stay tuned.