But today I was a grouch. My bad mood started first thing this morning when Liam tried to sneak into the room while Devin was sleeping beside me. Then, when I waved him away so that hopefully he would not wake the baby he went into the hall and started to cry. Loudly. Somehow Devin did not wake up, but later, when Liam needed to get dressed it was one crises after another.
The thing about getting dressed is that it used to take forever. Then Allen had the bright idea of timing Liam while he got dressed which sped things up considerably. But then Liam started to stress out about how long it was taking him. Tears stressed out. So we instituted a "pause" feature. Which generally involves a lot of yelling back and forth between bedrooms and can still get stressful. I gave Liam an old kitchen timer so he could time himself but it promptly got lost. Really lost. So we're back to Mommy or Daddy watching the clock and when Mommy does it she gets really irritated. At one point I went into Liam's room and found him fighting off tears. I told him that timing was supposed to be a fun way to get dressed and if it wasn't fun we didn't have to do it. He said "We do have to do it." Why? "It's fun."
He did eventually manage to get into his Angry Birds Bad Piggy costume - minus the crown and nose. Ready for the Halloween party at school which he was very excited about. Thankfully it wasn't raining too heavily since he was wearing the construction paper part of the costume when we went out to the van. He was able to dodge raindrops and avoid getting it damaged.
It was still raining when school got out. I'm still trying for that dramatic shot of him running toward me after school. This gets the action pretty well.
Here he is after we got home and unpacked his loot from the party at school. Also, I had him put his costume back on. This is the second nose and teeth I've made because the first one was so large it seemed impractical for wearing to school. I'm not sure how long he actually wore this one at school.
We went out for fast food supper because we've gotten behind on the kitchen. Afterward Liam dug into that pudding cup they sent home from school with him. Somehow we went from discussing what else he could have after eating the cookies on top (with him upset that we said nothing else sugary) to him almost in tears because his tummy hurt from too much sugar. Of course when I suggested we try to get a picture of his plight he couldn't help smiling.
Devin slept pretty soundly this afternoon and is now wide awake. Putting him in this little chair doesn't work so well right now because he leans forward right away. I'm not sure if he's really interested in those polka dots or if he's just stuck.
But I really do think he's interested in those toys. He can move them a little with his feet, but can't reach them with his hands.
So now if I could just get Devin to go to sleep I could also sleep and hopefully reset this terrible mood. Because really nothing has happened today that is that different from what happens around here most days and I'm not usually mad about everything. Some things, but not all of it! Could be that I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. That might explain it.
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