Charlotte throws dish that shatters into a gazillion pieces

Mommy was exhausted this morning, having laid in bed for so long last night, waiting for Charlotte to fall asleep. Mommy didn’t have a restful sleep, wondering where Daddy had slept and wondering if Charlotte was going to awake at an awful hour again, waking everyone up. Mommy lay in bed for some time just waiting for Charlotte to wake up so that she could quickly attend to her without disturbing everyone else. Charlotte slept a lot better, but woke up crying and not very happy earlier than her usual time.
Early in the morning, Charlotte wanted up on the counter to eat her Cheerios until she warmed up to Max, which didn't take too long.

Over the course of the morning, Charlotte got used to Max and started to play with him; she really became quite brave around Max: she sat beside Max and patted him, and even played fetch with him with one of his toys.
Charlotte patting Max

Charlotte insisted on wearing her winter boots around the living room while playing with Max.

Charlotte continued to befriend the cat Treadmark, but he really wasn’t all that interested in her and would hiss at her, which would surprise Charlotte, as this reaction is unfamiliar to her—-her only experience with cats up close has been with Mommy’s cat Simba at Nana’s house and he’s the total opposite to Tready.

Charlotte went down for a nap at her usual time and slept a little longer than yesterday on the big bed, swaddled in her blanket with pillows on either side of her. Mommy and Auntie Stacey went out to do a little more shopping at the stores they didn’t get to the day before. Mommy met one of her friends from high school (a long time ago, and in a different city).

In the hopes of a better trip home with Charlotte, we stayed for dinner and left when we thought Charlotte would fall asleep in the car. During dinner, Mommy wasn’t quick enough to respond to Charlotte when she lifted her Corelle dish and threw it over her head, landing on the bamboo flooring, shattering into a gazillion pieces. Everyone was stunned, not so much because Charlotte threw her dish, but because the Corelle dish broke—-Corelle professes that their dishes don’t break.
Little Corelle fruit nappy shatters into a gazillion pieces

Charlotte continued to chatter and play while the rest of us scrambled to clean up the glass without scratching the flooring. There were pieces of glass everywhere, including in the cushions of the furniture and all the way over to the other side of the kitchen where the pets' food dishes were. Some of the pieces were so small, they were hard to see.

Charlotte with Auntie Stacey, Uncle Art, and Max

Shortly after everything was cleaned up, we loaded the van and headed for home. Charlotte fell asleep a short while after leaving Auntie Stacey and Uncle Art’s. Charlotte stayed asleep while Mommy carried her into the house until she took off her coat, waking very briefly until Mommy placed her in her crib. Charlotte went back to sleep, hopefully for the night.