It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Yesterday was my first full day all alone with the girls and it turned out great! The weather was supposed to be gorgeous, which it was, it got up to about 80 degrees so I kept Annie home from school and we met our friends Kirstin and Julia at the zoo and had lunch with them too. Not much new at the zoo, but I really think Annie prefers the monkeys to any other animal there. There were a ton of school kids of all ages on field trips so it was a bit more crowded than usual. After lunch we went home and Annie when straight for her nap, no monkey business. After her nap, since it was a pretty windy day, we decided to go up to the park and fly her kite, then home to play on her playground until dinner time. She had behaved like a perfect Annie all morning and afternoon, doing everything I told her she had to and being pretty happy about it. And then Dada came home. It was all downhill from there, tantrums and crying, you name it. I guess she knows that she really has Tim on a short leash and he is wrapped around her little finger pretty tightly...or maybe she thinks he owes her a few for pushing her down the basement stairs earlier in the week, who knows. AfterI told Tim how our day went (and also pointed out that I don't let her push me around) he decided that he is going to be more strict with her...good luck with that Dada!