Drama Anyone?

There were two things that I HAD to get Karah for her birthday...necklaces and a Care Bear. Had I known the insanity that would follow, I might have scrapped both ideas. Care Bear (we call Karah Kare Bear) HAS to be within Karah's line of sight at all times. It goes everywhere with us. She is okay with certain people handling the bear...as long as she can see that it is being brought to her and not away. People not in our family are pretty much asking for their ear drums to rupture if they attempt to take the bear. I think it is funny, since it is a small "Share Bear", because she is not about to try sharing that thing. Last night when she wasn't paying attention (I think there was a diaper change going on...) Jayden decided that the bear was "too dirty" for Baby Karah, so he gave it a bath in the sink. It was getting a little dingy, but a full on dunking right before bedtime was not what I had in mind for cleaning it. Unfortunately, it is a glow in the dark bear and therefore we are not able to put it in the dryer. Oh, bedtime was a nightmare last night. She graced us for about an hour of "Mah Caaaa-Baaaaa!!!!" (My Care-Bear!!!) I felt so bad. This morning Care Bear was clean and dry, and she squealed with happiness for about 15 minutes after re-aquiring the thing. She has also been even more possesive of it, if that is possible...

Drama #2...the necklaces. Poor Mom got to hear the start of it on the phone yesterday. Karah got about 9 play necklaces for her birthday. Since then, the necklaces have been distributed all over the house and the cars. Karah had a red necklace and was playing with it...putting it around her neck, making bracelets out of it, and just swinging it around. After about 10 minutes, it looked like so much fun to Jayden. He decided that he NEEDED to play with it. The Battle of the Necklaces had begun. High pitched screams from Karah, and whinning cries from Jayden carried over the phone to Grandma. Jayden had taken the necklace and refused to give it back. So, I searched and found another necklace (the same necklace, only purple) and gave it to Karah. She was happy, he was not. He wanted the purple one and Karah would NOT trade. So, the Battle of the Necklaces turned into an all out War of the Purple Necklace. Jayden was crying on the floor, letting us know he did NOT want the red one, he wanted the PURPLE ONE, and Karah found this to be the perfect opportunity to get him back for all the times he'd pushed, tackled, hit, ground her head into the floor, slapped...you get the picture. She started WHIPPING him with the @#%!# necklace!! She was letting him have it in her language, too. I was across the room, so she got some good whacks in before I made it there, but she got a good, long time out for that one, along with both necklaces being taken away. I had no idea two pretty necklaces could be the cause of so much contention!!!