{"id":108,"date":"2008-08-06T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T02:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2008-08-06T22:15:37","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T05:15:37","slug":"kate-turns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/06\/kate-turns-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate turns 2."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kate is a few days shy of 27 months, but just officially turned 2 a few weeks ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Specifically, she turned 2 the day of Abeona House&#8217;s first-ever field trip.\u00c2\u00a0 This ambitious trip involved a walk down Oak Street to catch the newly opened Carrollton Street side of the St. Charles Streetcar, a ride to Audubon Park, catching the Audubon Zoo shuttle at the park, taking the shuttle to the Zoo, going to the Zoo, eating lunch, catching the shuttle back to the park, getting on a Streetcar, going back to Oak Street, and then walking back to Abeona House.\u00c2\u00a0 With 18 or so 2, 3, and 4 year olds.\u00c2\u00a0 I know what you are thinking.\u00c2\u00a0 All us parents thought it, too.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115\" title=\"abeonatrip-7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-7.jpg 1740w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When we got to Abeona, all the kids had changed into tye-dyed t-shirts that the classes had made.\u00c2\u00a0 I began to do what every other parent before me had done upon arrival: change their child into the t-shirt.\u00c2\u00a0 Little did I know that the inside of her shirt had actually been laced with hot oil, which dripped on her body during any and all attempts to dress her.\u00c2\u00a0 Her tantrum, complete with &#8220;No Mommy, it hurts!&#8221;, was spectacular.\u00c2\u00a0 I was actually speechless, almost dizzy, at the realization of what was happening. Kate is really going to do this 2-year old THING&#8230; which means WE have to do this 2-year old thing.\u00c2\u00a0 <em>AGAIN.<\/em> I regained composure and readied myself for parenting.\u00c2\u00a0 Was the t-shirt worth a fight?\u00c2\u00a0 No, it wasn&#8217;t.\u00c2\u00a0 Experience told me there would be more important things to fight about later.\u00c2\u00a0 I decided to be diplomatic, a strategy that once worked with two-year old Will, and gave her the choice, &#8220;Kate do you want to wear your school t-shirt like your friends?&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;NO,&#8221; she replied.\u00c2\u00a0 And so it went.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116\" title=\"abeonatrip-8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-8.jpg 1944w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My predictions of continuing struggle were completely wrong.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually, the trip was a rip-roaring success, thanks to the spectacular planning of the teachers and incredible karma of the Universe, which aligned all necessary steps perfectly so that there never was a hint of waiting.\u00c2\u00a0 The kids were incredibly well behaved.\u00c2\u00a0 Even Kate.\u00c2\u00a0 Cuteness was everywhere.\u00c2\u00a0 Parents bonded; one was even hit on by a Zoo employee.\u00c2\u00a0 We really had a fantastic time.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109\" title=\"abeonatrip-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-1.jpg 741w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110\" title=\"abeonatrip-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-2.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111\" title=\"abeonatrip-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-3.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(That&#8217;s Kate and her teacher, Allie.)<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113\" title=\"abeonatrip-5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-5.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114\" title=\"abeonatrip-6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-6.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So everything was fine.\u00c2\u00a0 Kate was the ONLY kid without an Abeona shirt, but this wasn&#8217;t an issue.\u00c2\u00a0 Until lunch time.  Sitting in the shady grass at the Zoo entrance, Kate opened her lunch box and found the shirt (I packed it inside just in case she had a change of heart.)\u00c2\u00a0 When she found the shirt, she scrambled to put it on &#8212; over her clothes, all by herself &#8212; so quickly that she seemed almost in a panic.\u00c2\u00a0 And it dawned on me.\u00c2\u00a0 There probably wouldn&#8217;t have been a struggle that morning at all, if I had just handed her the shirt and asked her if she wanted to do it herself.\u00c2\u00a0 How could I have forgotten?  THAT is what being 2 is all about.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117\" title=\"abeonatrip-9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-9.jpg 1296w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/abeonatrip-9-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate is a few days shy of 27 months, but just officially turned 2 a few weeks ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Specifically, she turned 2 the day of Abeona House&#8217;s first-ever field trip.\u00c2\u00a0 This ambitious trip involved a walk down Oak Street to catch the newly opened Carrollton Street side of the St. Charles Streetcar, a ride to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}