Meltdowns...on a regular basis!?!

So I don't know if we've hit the terrible 2's or what, but Logan has had some pretty serious meltdowns the last couple of days. This morning's was originally caused by Lightening McQueen being broken. But, by the time I joined the scene, it was Logan saying, "I want to watch a show," over and over again through many tears. The answer to that question was, of course, "no," or the meltdown would probably have ended. But, once the "no" was given, we weren't going to back down. The crying and show-begging lasted for what seemed like 15 minutes, but finally we were able to distract Logan with his new train set (subject for another post).

Before I finish the story, let me give you a quick background on Lightening McQueen. Logan got him from Santa for Christmas, and I don't think it has left his hand since. Earlier in the week one of Lightening's eyes rubbed off somehow. Logan and I were at Target that day, and I thought I would go ahead and spend the $3.50 to buy a replacement Lightening. Logan was thrilled. We went straight from Target to volleyball at the church, and Logan just about lost his new Lightening. He was running it along the accordian-like curtain and somehow got it around or underneath the wooden piece at the end of the curtain. I couldn't see or reach Lightening, and I figured he was a gonner. But, my friend Corrine used her strength to pull the wooden piece out enough that I could barely squeeze my arm behind it and reach McQueen. Whew! That was a close call.

On Friday we were leaving volleyball, and I was putting our stuff in the back of the car. Logan was slowly making his way to his car, and according to him, he was driving his Lightening along the grill of someone's SUV when he dropped it. Lightening was nowhere to be found. I'm not sure what happened to him, but there was a sewage drain underneath the car that he could possibly have fallen into. Who knows. The bottom line is - this time Lightening wasn't so lucky. I thought about replacing him again, but then realized I could be replacing Lightening every week if I wasn't careful. I decided Logan would have to make do with his old one-eyed Lightening. That worked just fine until this morning's meltdown.

Back to the meltdown recovery. Logan and Garrick were playing trains, and I decided to see what I could do about the one-eyed Lightening. I grabbed a fine-tipped black Sharpie as well as a light blue one, and in a matter of seconds, Lightening was "fixed" (or "sixed" as Logan would say.) I proudly marched Lightening upstairs and surprised Logan with his new fixed car. He was sooooo excited!!! Now, let's hope it lasts!