Monday night B and I went to WalMart while Ryan mowed up all the leaves and tried to get everything "winterized". The yard looks so much better w/out all those leaves everywhere!
So we went to my mom and dad's on Tuesday evening to eat chili and then my dad came over to help Ryan get our new bed set up... Our old bed was going to my parents house to be set up in their guest room. So... I THOUGHT we had a queen size bed... I was WRONG (although, I bet no one will believe that ;) haha!). Anyway, we only had a FULL size bed! And I kept wondering why we were so crowded! haha! Our new bed is a California King & we are both LOVING it! We feel kind of lost in it though! Anyway, it is so much more comfortable and I'm so excited about it! Now I just have to find some bedding I like... haven't had much success with that so far.
Last night Ryan started painting our master bath. I am so excited to see the finished product. He got the top half done last night... I would call it a dark chocolate brown (Ryan and Brycen said it looked like someone smeared poop on the wall...) lol, I like my description better! It's definitely what I envisioned so that makes me happy! I was a little nervous about doing such a dark color, but I think when everything is done it will be just what I wanted. Well, what I'd really like is for our house to sell and us build our dream house~ BUT~ I keep reminding myself that God's timing is perfect and when it's time for it to sell it will... Anyway, back to the bathroom, Ryan is going to paint the bottom half tonight I think. The top still needs a second coat and then the bottom half is going to be an antiqued white. Ryan is making a new cabinet and medicine cabinet and getting a new top for the cabinet. He's going to make the cabinet w/ an antiqued looking glaze (w/ brown glaze to match the wall). I'm so excited to see it! He is pretty amazing w/ what he comes up with! I'm not proud of him or anything... :) Anyway, Brycen thought it was so fun to "help" Daddy paint. He kept saying he was a worker man just like Daddy! So sweet! Ryan did really good about having patience w/ B too~ b/c I'm sure the job took a little longer w/ Brycen's "help".
So most of the time B is really good and we don't have many problems with him, but lately he has really started to have an attitude. It's making me crazy... actually makes me want to cry and feel like a failure. Any suggestions? He has become really defiant and honestly I just don't know what to do with him when he acts that way. He's been such a good boy up until this point that I've not had to worry about discipline too much, just the usual stuff every once in awhile... These days it feels like every evening is a battle of some sort with him. I'd appreciate ANY suggestions!
This week I've been trying to finish up my Christmas shopping. I'm pretty close to be done. I still have the names Ryan and I drew for his family to buy for and then B's teachers. Any good idea for teacher gifts? I feel like I always do the same things for them. I haven't even really started on B or Ryan's gifts... I'm pretty sure I know what I'm getting Ryan though, and B is so hard since his birthday is so close to Christmas... but we're thinking maybe a trampoline for his big gift... I know he wouldn't be able to use it for a few months, but with his birthday and Christmas so close he gets sooo many things I don't think it would hurt for him to wait to play w/ that gift for awhile :). Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm rambling now so I'll save you all from having to read anymore!!!
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I'm the queen of defiant little boys! Jacob is getting much better. We've tried several approaches, but the one that is most effective, and most difficult when you're steaming mad...when he talks mean, I give him a big hug and tell him that even though I don't like the way he talk, I still love him dearly and I'm gonna help him learn to talk nicer. Now...if he is totally defiant, he will receive a spank first (lovingly of course)...but it is ALWAYS followed up by a lot of talks explaining why he got a spank and that I love him too much to let him talk that way. I make him do little chores around the house (pick up toys,etc) and he gets really mad, but it gives him a sense of discipline and also gives me several chances to explain how to react. "'It's ok to b mad...but not ok to react negatively"
I'm the queen of defiant little boys! Jacob is getting much better. We've tried several approaches, but the one that is most effective, and most difficult when you're steaming mad...when he talks mean, I give him a big hug and tell him that even though I don't like the way he talk, I still love him dearly and I'm gonna help him learn to talk nicer. Now...if he is totally defiant, he will receive a spank first (lovingly of course)...but it is ALWAYS followed up by a lot of talks explaining why he got a spank and that I love him too much to let him talk that way. I make him do little chores around the house (pick up toys,etc) and he gets really mad, but it gives him a sense of discipline and also gives me several chances to explain how to react. "'It's ok to b mad...but not ok to react negatively"
I'm the queen of defiant little boys! Jacob is getting much better. We've tried several approaches, but the one that is most effective, and most difficult when you're steaming mad...when he talks mean, I give him a big hug and tell him that even though I don't like the way he talk, I still love him dearly and I'm gonna help him learn to talk nicer. Now...if he is totally defiant, he will receive a spank first (lovingly of course)...but it is ALWAYS followed up by a lot of talks explaining why he got a spank and that I love him too much to let him talk that way. I make him do little chores around the house (pick up toys,etc) and he gets really mad, but it gives him a sense of discipline and also gives me several chances to explain how to react. "'It's ok to b mad...but not ok to react negatively"
I think that it has alot to do witht the age! Lillie seemsed to hit here little attitude when she was almost 4. We still deal with it on a day to day basis. She knows better, but sometime I just want to put a piece of tape over her mouth! (don't worry I don't) If you find a great solution let us all in!
What a relief!! Sonya is doing the same thing! What happened to our little obedient firstborn children??? It's driving me nuts!
Oh, the joys of parenting. LOL. It can't all be good. my 2 year old has the worst attitude I have seen in toddler! No joke. Love her to death, but, she is ROTTEN! She hits, she screams, she says no, she tells me to hush my mouth and the list goes on. We have recently started time out. Before, we did the little talks and spankings. Now, its timeout. It seems to work quite well. I sit her in a chair and make her face the wall and tell her she has to sit there until the timer on my microwave goes off. When her time is up, I remind why she was put in timeout, esplain why what she did was bad, make her apologize and then we hug, kiss and makeup.
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