Countdown to the Festivities

Getting ready to celebrate New Year's Eve with friends, I heard "Ahhh, my arm"! I got to the injured child, Ethan, and heard "David put me in a Fireman's hold and my shoulder hurts". I sent David to his room with the instructions not to touch his brother again. Ethan's arm / shoulder were fine.

About 5 minutes later, I see that David has come downstairs without my permission. So I asked him why he came out of his room and why he did that to Ethan. His response: "Ethan's been kicking me and when I told him to stop, he said, You wanna go small boy." Hiding my laughter, I sent Ethan to his room, then busted out laughing.

Happy New Year to all and here's hoping my 7 year old doesn't try to take down his 13 year old brother!!

Kid Meltdown

Have you ever wondered how a kid can have a total meltdown one minute and then the next is fine? We say that Ethan is our drama boy and if you have seen him in action, you would agree.

He had a scout outing on Saturday to learn about making maple syrup. He was all hyped about going until he realized that we had family staying with us and he would miss out on 2 hours of gaming. I believe his head was about to spin during his meltdown. Hubby and I won this round and off he went to his outing.

2 hours later, Ethan came home so happy. The outing was great, he learned about the syrup and used a tool too. All is well now and he would like to continue with scouts. It is all I can do sometimes to keep calm while he is in meltdown mode. Thankfully, he is having less of these as he gets older.