a breakthrough

yesterday was amazing.  for those of you that have been reading for a while, you know about emily's inability to deal with david.  while we were at emily's school on friday, she was TOTALLY fine with him.  and it hit me that every time i bring david to school, she doesn't have a fit-at all!  i was puzzled, and frankly a little annoyed.  for the last 7 or so months, we've been getting played by a toddler.  sometimes i let her disability sway me...i'm admittedly a little easier on her.  after friday, something shifted in me.  she should not be treated any differently than david when she's misbehaving.  so, on saturday, i had to show a little tough love.  it was hard...ok-it sucked.  i usually try to give david to her in small doses.  some days that works, others its a disaster.  saturday though, we were all going to start to play together.  emily pitched such a fit...i told her it was unacceptable.  when david throws a temper tantrum, i put him in bed until he cools off.   so i did the same thing with emily.  it happened to be her nap time...so she fell asleep.  we finished the night like any other...david had dinner, then i took him in the living room to play until bed...while emily ate alone with hubby.  i wasn't sure where i was going with this. 

sunday morning--a breakthrough.  emily walked into the kitchen for breakfast.  david was already there having a banana.  he offered her his other half--she accepted.  i could have just lost it right then!  we spent the next hour and 15 minutes having breakfast and coloring.  i didn't know if i should laugh or cry.  after naps, the same thing continued.  i was in a state of shock all day!--happy shock though.  i'm hoping this treand will continue now!!  lol  no flukes, please, i can't take it!

the kids enjoyed their valentines:

today i'm taking the kids down to my aunt's house.  its her birthday!  david is going to stay for a sleep over.  and since emily has tomorrow off of school, we'll have a girls day!

here is the cake a made for her birthday(peanut butter cake, whipped chocolate ganache filling, and peanut butter frosting)

i made her these from the kids:

they are polaroid ornaments(i still have to work on making straight lines, but they came out cute!)

found the tutorial here