Sweet Ellen has been (generally) cooperative with our craziness of late. She has thrown more tantrums, which may or may not be related. I just move her kicking and screaming to the middle of the floor because I can't have her kicking my clean cabinets! And, she has this new pitiful crying face when I tell her No. "You tell me no mommy?!?" "WAAAAHHH!"Well ... Sorry girly. That's my job.
Onward.
Who has great tips for showing a house and/or moving with a toddler? We have miraculously been able to keep our house "show ready" with minimal effort. It is certainly easier on the days we are both working, but I've managed to find a good hiding spot for most things. (Tip - make the hiding spots in your own furniture, not kitchen cabinets - people won't look there). I was "staging" our house and read a tip to get rid of everything smaller than a basketball in every room.We mostly did that, though of course Ellen has 1 trillion tiny treasures that needed a home. I have also been keeping a laundry basket in my car for last minute things that need to be stashed.
Our minds are wandering to the moving process, though, which sounds just about as terrible as I think it is.
help???
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This might sound crazy, but I bought some new really loud toys (like a recorder) so that I could always hear where Nate was in the new, empty and non-childproof house. So exciting!
Someone must sell a hat that says ...
"Today, I am the boss!"
Hate the hat, not the parent.
After the move and renovation are finished, you could let Ellen wear it for an hour.
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