I made asparagus-leek soup for dinner. It’s a puree so hopefully Freya will like it. I also made a dozen pumpkin cranberry whole wheat muffins for a playdate tomorrow that just got canceled. Now what?

We went to the library this morning to pick out books and also attend her first toddler story time. I think it went well. She was in my lap throughout as she still doesn’t take direction and would have been just running around causing mayhem otherwise. But she was really good in my lap, seemed to listen to the story lady (when she wasn’t looking around at all the other kids) and lasted for about twenty minutes before starting to ask for “down” and then cry because I wouldn’t let her walk. So I put her back in the stroller and she was fine after that. She doesn’t really throw huge tantrums over not getting her way. I guess that could still change, but I think she knows that I will stay calm and be gentle and listen to her (while being firm when I need to be), and hopefully knows she doesn’t need to escalate into a full on screaming fit in order to gain my attention.