Time Warp

One of the things Bree is still grappling with is her sense of time. (Geesh, not sure why that would be huh? Time is such an easy concept for a 2 yr. old right?) :) So, at our house, everything happened yesterday, even the things we did today. Quite often when Daddy comes home he'll ask Brianna what she did during the day. She'll run over to him eagerly and fill him in saying, "Library time yesterday Daddy!" or whatever it was we did that day. Yep, she seems to live in a kind of time-warp where today is always yesterday.

And, like all kids, the other big time issue she has is waiting for things. Take Halloween for instance. We bought her costume about 2 weeks in advance and every day she would ask about wearing it, Halloween day, and also trick-or-treating. Finally the big day arrived and she was super psyched about finally getting to trick-or-treat...and we did have a good time. But then, sure enough pretty much every day since then she's asked if we could do it again. How do you explain once a year to a toddler?

We're having the same problem with Christmas. Once again, despite the fact that we haven't really explained the holiday to her, or spent a lot of time talking about it just yet, she's managed to figure out the whole concept. (I think 'cause she watched The Nightmare Before Christmas with her daddy recently. She's been talking alot about "Christmas-town." Plus, I did overhear our neighbor girl, Savannah, saying something to her about Christmas. And, they're already running ads about Christmas stuff on TV.) So, I've been hearing alot about Christmas this and Christmas that.."Is it Christmas? Can we go to Christmas?" etc. Imagine how she'll freak out when we actually get some decorations up! Well, at least we know it'll be a lot more fun watching her open her presents this year. Anyone with this much anticipation already will surely be enthusiastic on the actual day...