Que Buena Chica!

Early Sunday morning, 3:30 am to be exact, Grant had to leave and we loaded a sleeping Rachael into the car with him. Little did she know that she was headed back home. We made the decision late Saturday night that both girls 4 and 5 would be too much for me. Alejandra was starting to show some not so great behavior and that compounded with Racheal's " too exhausted to speak" meltdowns, we decided to nip disaster in the you know what and call it a day. It was a really tough decision but the right thing to do so I could focus on Alejandra and basically institute a mini boot camp on proper behavior and respect for adults and others. So after trying to hide sobbing all morning on Mothers day from Alejandra we went through our first day alone together...and boy was it a marathon! Whether she was coping with Papi and Sissy being gone, having to spend one on one time with mean old Momi (who tows a strict line) or everything in between, I wasn't quite sure which one of us would survive the day! Whew! So we started day two together not much different. However, low and behold after the second horrendous meltdown she came around and we had a blast for the rest of the day. Granted we did not stop playing, going to the parque, meeting friends for dinner and running home trying to beat the dark in the rain....regardless we did it!! And both go to bed with a smile on our faces!! Who knows what tomorrow will bring but atleast we had today without constantly going head to head!! On other news...we (not surprisingly) did not get submitted for Pink today, supposedly we will be "first" tomorrow. This pretty much blows the entire week for anymore progress, so I am already looking to next week to see what can be done. Oh well, more bonding time for Sissy and Momi!! Hope everyone's week starts out right!! More on lunch at Ruth's house tomorrow!