I started this blog a year and a half ago to tell stories about everyday living in my household (hence Living Locurto), but it has since become more of an art blog. I like having a diary of everyday events though, so instead of starting a new family blog I decided on some Fridays to post family stories here. I hope you don’t mind me shifting gears a little.
This is a story about my new best friend.
Please don’t judge me. I do have a very large cat for which spray bottles are great to use when they try to eat your pet fish. But I also have a VERY dramatic, usually screaming for no reason three year old. Just ask Angie, who every time I get on the phone with her that three year old is crying at the top of her lungs for some ridiculous reason. LOL!
For instance, we’re just having a nice afternoon eating baby oranges (as she calls them). So I get my camera out to record my little girl doing something average on an average day.
When out of nowhere comes this face… uh oh…
And WHAM! There is the wailing scream we’re all used to around this house. (I think taking photos of the scream just make it worse, but it was so funny, I couldn’t help myself!)
I try to reason with her by asking what’s wrong. Have you ever tried that with a dramatic three year old? Doesn’t quite do the trick. So out comes my new best friend, Mr. Spray Bottle. (insert evil laugh here:-) I just sit him on the counter and tell her I have “my friend” here and would she like to talk now? (no spraying is actually needed… that’s the funny part!)
Since miss sassy pants is scared I’ll actually spray her, she calms down to tell me that she’s mad because she’s almost done with her baby oranges. She wants more please. Wow, it’s like magic! So after getting her more oranges and a toy to take her mind off of the drama. All is back to normal.
Well, until her brother gets a hold of my new friend…
Do you have a dramatic preschooler and a “loves to start trouble” son too? Please tell me I’m not the only one! ha!
I’m glad you’re getting back to more personal stories … I miss keeping up with y’all. I love this story as well. Hilarious but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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PRICELESS! Great story and I love the pictures to go along with it. Boy do I know about the tantrums but it’s coming from my two year old. I think I may have to find a spray bottle around here and see if that does the trick for me. Knowing him, it probably won’t because he is a little tough guy. I’ll keep you posted.
In the meantime, keep the family stories coming. I’m sure many of us reading along will definitely relate and have some great laughs as well. LOL
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You are so not alone! My daughter is almost 4 and VERY much a little drama queen, and my son who is 6 takes every chance he can get at antagonizing her. Fun times.
.-= G.´s last blog ..Me and The City. =-.
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You are not the only one!! My niece is 2 and a half the other other day she thew herself on the floor in a fit. When we asked what was wrong she said, “I want to make grilled cheese with Mommy!” Her Mommy by the way was just walking in to the kitchen to do this & had asked if she wanted to help.
As annoying as it is to see the tantrum start, it is almost always funny. Imagine what she’ll be like as a teenager…
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I’m so laughing! =) =) [what a good idea}
Do you think it will work on Husbands?
I like that you have added this to your blog.
Have a wonderful day
.-= teresa´s last blog ..When do you know? =-.
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I had to laugh at this one . . . My kids and I play “naughty kitty kids” as they call it. They are 2 and 4 and after a crazy day of nonstop screaming we discovered the stress relief of spraying them and jokingly calling them naughty kitties. This usually continues for at least 45 minutes before I can’t squeeze the trigger anymore. They’re soaked and shrieking with laughter. They beg to play ALL the time.
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Now that is funny. I can only imagine what my two “love to start trouble” boys would do if they got a hold of a water bottle! Love the story.
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You are definitely not the only one and I am so stealing that water bottle idea… I love it (inserting my own evil laugh here)!
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My 2 year old has meltdowns like that too. But she’s the oldest so no big brother to cause more drama.
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got that here plus a dramatic kindergartener
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That is very funny. My 3yo daughter does that sometimes when it is time to get in the bath. And the funny thing is, she has such a fun time that she won’t get out!
3yo’s are very very funny and entertaining.
Thanks for sharing.
Lisa
xxx
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She is really a bit dramatic
This story is pretty funny though
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My two kids, son age 14 and daughter age 9, sound just like your two! She is a drama queen and he loves to drive her nuts. Glad we’re not the only ones! Love your story and your blog.
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I love hearing about YOu and your life – especially stories like this one!
what a cutie haha LOVE it!
.-= Becca´s last blog ..Re:Vision =-.
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WOW! What a great idea! I have 3 year old (dramatic as ever) twins and I also run a home daycare with 5 other toddlers whom I like to refer to as “The Tod Squad”. I am SO excited to use this trick to see how it works!
P.S. I also use this trick on my cat to keep him off of the counters. Works like a CHARM!
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Very funny. I love the way you told it with pictures. It’s the beauty of this medium, isn’t it?
PS My most recent post is pretty relevant to this, actually.
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Okay – have not laughed that hard in a long while. Thank you for that!!
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Oh my goodness! So funny! I have a 14 month old who has the same melodramatic tantrums. I am going to have to try the spray bottle. Although maybe he is too young…
And I like that you’re sharing family stuff. Such a great way to preserve those memories.
.-= Tegan and Tage´s last blog ..When life gives you lemons, make cookies =-.
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How clever (and hillarious)! Have you ever had to spray her? I have a toddler/preschooler who acts similar to this. Now I am wondering if I need to go grab my spray bottle and try this method.
.-= April Emery´s last blog ..God & Gardening =-.
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That’s too funny! I currently live with a 6yo DQ (as the hubs calls them) and a 5yo DQ. Wait till you have to get dressed for school! Wonder if it’s too late for me to get a “little friend?”
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I stinkin LOVE this!!!
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Oh thank goodness! Mine isn’t the only one. Whew.
My Princess Piss-and-Moan (‘PAM’) is 2 1/2 and the resemblance to your daughter is stunning. Fair skin and blond ragamuffin hair, dark, dark lashes and brows and the pouty lip. Oh my. I don’t feel so alone anymore
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Amy Reply:
March 12th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
@Karen,
PAM…LOL! No, you are NOT alone… not alone my friend:-)
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You’re so funny! My 2 1/2 year old daughter acts the same way over absolutely nothing.
It seems like if I hand her sippy cup to her in the wrong way, or put the jelly for her PB&J on the wrong slice of bread, she falls to the floor and starts wailing. I thought it was just me and my child.
But…I too have a spray bottle…. and I think I’ll give this idea whirl.
.-= Amanda @ Mommy’s Idea Book´s last blog ..Finding Balance for My Busy Life =-.
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haha! She is cute when she’s mad! (is that a good or bad thing?)
It’s funny how they sometimes have a hard time putting their feelings into words, even when they’re 10 years old (almost 11)!
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Amy Reply:
March 12th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
@Marsha,
You don’t know how hard I was laughing while she was throwing that fit. ha! It’s unbelievable how fast she can just turn it off too. thanks for stopping by!
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So funny!! I love that…
.-= Aimee Pool´s last blog ..Nana – 99 Years Old =-.
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