Crazy Love Gamble-Style

Today was hard, to put it mildly. Some days parenting brings me to tears, this was one of  those days.  I don't know what it is.  Ava is the sweetest most loving girl.  She can charm the pants off of just about anyone and has a million perfect little qualities...BUT She is driving me bat-shit crazy lately. She KNOWS she is driving me crazy and it seems to just fuel the fire.   Yes, I know what you are thinking, she needs more  attention.  This girl is demanding attention every. single. second.  With out fail, she is asking for something at  all times.   Usually you can find her on me, physically on me.   She is loud, totally obnoxious, sassy, back-talking, instigator of all kinds of trouble, liar, wild and  constantly disrespectful. I am at my whits end.   I talk to her about all these issues until I am blue in the  face, I explain what s...

I'm in so much trouble. This girl is super cute but...  She just discovered the art of climbing on to the couch. Something I have dreaded but knew was coming.   She gets up there, gets a huge grin on her face and runs  across, often crawling up on the arm or leaning her whole body over the arm.  All the while shrieking with laughter.  Today I walked into the living room after her sister, the safety police, started yelling to me something was  wrong and caught Norah just getting up on the glass coffee table.  She jumped to her feet and RAN  across with no regards at all for the edges or gravity or anything, least of all me screaming at her. I try to scold her and put her in time out.  She thinks the whole thing is a game.   She thinks she is freaking hilarious!  I think I have a few more gray hairs.   I wish I knew what to do to stop her. Over and over these...