Two Things Guaranteed to Make My Girls Freak Out

I go back to work a week from tomorrow.  I decided to post something every day until then, and thought I might as well start with a post that might get me more excited to get back to work.

A post about what to do to get the girls screaming.

Am I an awesome mom or what?

What Makes Callie Freak Out

I think (hope, wish, pray) we are working our way out of the terrible threes.  But, as I alluded to when I described the baptism yesterday, she has an issue with laughter. 

It is as ridiculous as it sounds.

If she is around, you're pretty much not allowed to laugh, even quietly, or you will hear something like this come out of her mouth in a very loud screechy tone: "STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!!! I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE LAUGHING AT ME!"  And then she usually bursts into tears.

Let me be clear, you were NOT laughing at her, but it doesn't seem to matter.

Until she wants you to laugh at her.  If that is the case, she will yell out loudly: "TOOTIE FACE!!" and then expect laugher right away.  If you don't laugh, she asks why you DIDN'T laugh at her.

It is all very confusing.

I have had legit conversations with her where I say, "Callie, we are going somewhere where people might be laughing. And that's okay. They aren't laughing at you. You don't need to freak out."  But it doesn't do a whole lotta good, seeing as I did it before church on Sunday and she still freaked out.

So basically we have become accustomed to doing the silent laugh and cringing when others laugh, all the while ready to calm down a girl about to freak out.

I control your laughter.

What Makes Maya Freak Out

She's  pretty regular freaker-outer (it happens at most transitions), but lately? It is car rides.  Lovely car rides that used to put her to sleep are now scream-fests that cause us to drive as quickly as possible (without speeding, of course, Police Officer Uncle Dan...haha) and curse at red lights under our breath.

She can be totally happy and/or totally asleep in her car seat in our house or in the stroller, but as soon as we click her in the car and start driving...yikes. We all need ear plugs.

After the drive is over and we get her out, she is usually totally fine.

I was screaming 2 minutes ago.

So, I really hope both of these freak-out inducers don't last much longer and that nothing is ever funny enough to laugh at in the car, because the double freak out is something that no one wants to experience.

That would be What Makes Mommy Freak Out.