Emmy, almost 3, driving her mom crazy.

Oh. My. God.

My almost-three year-old is DRIVING ME INSANE!

You never know when you're going to set her off, and I pride myself on being a conflict avoider type of person. But with this kid, it's impossible.

I'll be giving her a piece of chocolate and all of the sudden I've got a screaming banshee on my hands because she wants the WHOLE bar.

NOW.

There's no gradual workup to her rage, its onset is hot and fast.

She even bows up, on her tiptoes, like the rage is just bursting out of her like a firecracker.

And she's not one of those kids with a quiet cry. It's a scream/cry.

As she's screaming, she's twisting and melting her one little piece of chocolate in her balled up fist of a hand and, BAM - all of sudden things have gone from Code Orange to RED ALERT GO FIND COVER.

She's not just mad now – now, she's got a handful of melted chocolate she's wielding like a weapon getting ready to destroy every piece of clothing we both have on.

Melted, messy chocolate in the hands of a mad two-year-old is not a fun nor an able-to-come-out-without-a lot-of-stain-remover experience.

Usually, it's over quickly. We dry tears, talk about one piece at a time or none at all, use a box of wipes to clean up the mess and take deep breaths.

But, man.....this psycho-terrible-twos thing is getting old.

Frankly, this recent experience was enough to make me not even want to be near chocolate for the last week.

Hmmmm....

Maybe I can make her mad with some butter tonight.