October 8th

We had a decent weekend. We didn't do much. Eddie's sister and her family came over. They dropped off some corn stalks for us so we could decorate for fall.

Yesterday I put them up as Eddie and Vallerie raked the leaves. Vallerie had a lot of fun jumping in the pile and throwing them up in the air.

Last night we had a meltdown at about 10pm. We put Vallerie to bed at 8 like normal, but of course she didn't go to sleep right away. We heard her making a lot of noise, so I went to see what was going on. Vallerie was upset because the outside solar powered butterfly stopped glowing. I tried reasoning with her (haha) but she wouldn't listen. She did not want to go to bed. She continued to tantrum for about 30 minutes. That's when Eddie came in and said that was enough. Eddie and I walked out of her room (while she was still freaking out), and as soon as we closed the door she stopped. As we were walking to the living room he said that his mom had told him that was how he acted as a kid.

We got some recommendations for daycare/preschool. I asked everyone at work if they had any and I got a few responses. Several people take their kids to the same place, so that's a good sign. Eddie and I are going to go through the list and give them all a call. Hopefully we can find one that's a good fit.