A Few of You May Remember..

Some of you are familiar with Delaney’s Great Yogurt Meltdown of 2007 and some of you aren’t.  For those of you who are, tonight was opening night of The Great Yogurt Meltdown 2008.  

For those of you that aren’t I will spin you a yarn that will chill your soul…

It was May 2007, three brave souls departed northern Ohio in an automobile bound for eastern Texas…WITH A TWO YEAR OLD GIRL ON BOARD!  At this point I know most of you are dumbfounded, so I will give you a minute to collect yourselves.

In order to make a long story (and an even longer trip) short, I will skip to the meltdown part.  So, there they were, south of the Mason-Dixon Line approaching America’s shining star…Texas.  They were about to enjoy a lovely southern breakfast when all of a sudden the Mommy discovered there was no Smucker’s Strawberry Jam for Delaney’s favorite “Jelly Toast.”  In an attempt at resourcefulness, unbeknownst to Delaney, the Mommy scraped a small amount of the “fruit on the bottom” from Delaney’s strawberry yogurt onto her toast.  Well, at one slight glimpse of the pseudo-jelly Delaney ignited like a firework and The Great Yogurt Meltdown 2007 had begun.  For the next 200 miles and what seemed like an eternity Delaney cried, screamed, yelped, struggled, gurgled, and spat on herself.  All the while the Mommy was getting angrier and angrier and the Nanna and the Grampa laughed harder and harder (also contributing to the frustration of the Mommy…thanks Mom and Dad).  Well, after a few exhausting hours Delaney finally pittered out and slept for the rest of the trip that day.  THANK GOODNESS!  We can laugh about it now, but my gosh what a horrible few hours.

Well…tonight was The Great Yogurt Meltdown 2008.  A little trivia for all of you The Great Yogurt Meltdown 2007 happened on May 16, 2007.  One year ago to the day!  Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view) tonight’s episode had nothing to do with strawberry jam…but all the temper tantrum fun was the same.

This episode:  same Mommy, same Delaney, different grandparent.  Again, to make a long story short.  We had just finished dinner, and were preparing to settle in for a relaxing evening.  The Mommy and the Grandma were diligently cleaning up the post dinner kitchen.  The Daddy was finishing up vacuuming and mopping the floors.  Yes, I know it was like three little Cinderellas moving about the downstairs.  Well, Delaney decided she wanted to help finish mopping with her toddler-sized mop.  The Daddy and Mommy both agreed Delaney should help dry the wet floor with her dry mop.  She desparately wanted to wet her mop and help “really” mop.  

If you have read the above you know where this is going and if you have raised a toddler you know exactly how fast we are going there.  So, after a little screaming, crying, kicking, and yelping Delaney was able to regain control of herself and once again joined the human race (Velociraptors had previously claimed her as their own).  A few minutes later, after making muffins with Grandma, Delaney wanted to change her clothes.  Mommy said that was fine but that she was to change into Pajamas.  Can you guess what Delaney was wearing when she got back downstairs?  Was it Pajamas?  Oh, no…it was her “spot” (aka polka-dot) dress from her Grampa.  Well, of course Mommy redirected Delaney’s little butt right back upstairs to put on her PJs and that was just the little push she needed to send her over to the dark side.  There was screaming, stomping. flailing, gyrating, kicking, little bits of spittle flying from Delaney’s mouth, and I may have even seen her head spin around once or twice.  

After a few minutes of shaking and quaking Delaney gathered her Chi and was able to converse again with those of her species.  She shared with Mommy that she would like to wear a dress and Mommy said no, but maybe a nightgown would be in order (the nightgown just happened to be one of Mommy tank tops clipped in the back with a hair clip).   That seemed to do the trick and just as quickly as it began the Great Yogurt Meltdown of 2008 was over.

TODDLERS RULE!!