"This dinner tast like poop"

So after spending the majority of the day in his room, Josh decided to tell me that Dinner, which was left overs from last night that he loved; he said it tasked like poop. 

So I took his plate from him, said he was done, and that he needed to get into the bath. 10 minutes later he still wasn't in the shower, so he went to bed and has been there ever since! 

Mean while Nathan was to read a book he his teacher leant him on Great White Sharks for a since project. When he was done I told him to get in the shower. He didn't, instead he decided to show Rich something he built with lego's. So the lego's have been taken away until further notice and he went to bed right after his shower. 

I know this is a transitional period of time. The boys are learning our boundaries, what they can and can not get away with. And trying our patience. I really hate being mean mom, I don't like hearing the boys cry themselves to sleep. It breaks my heart more than it hurts them. But I know I need to stay strong and don't give in! God please grant me the strength!

Temper Tantrum in Toys R Us....

Oh the mean mom I am.....So wonderful friends of ours gave the boys $70 each in gift cards to Toys R Us. Today - Saturday - Rich and Nathan went to help a friend move his mother-in-law so I thought it would be a perfect day to do some mom/son bonding with Josh. We went out for a early lunch to McDonalds and were going to go to Toys R Us so he could spend his gift cards on some new toys!

We get to the store, and I told him that he had to spend $20 of the $70 on books. We couldn't find any age appropriate books in the store so I told him we would have to order them off of the internet. He mentioned that he wanted more Lego's so I said let's go look at the lego's. He proceeded to look and play with baby toys and would not listen to me. Any time I tried to take him by the arm and head to the lego's he would flop down on the floor like a fish out of water. So I just grabbed him and we walked out of the store with out spending his gift cards. Now he is moping in his room and not understanding while he can't watch TV or play the Wii!

Mom's out there, I did the right thing, right?

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Lori & Rich Van Roo