Andrew has had the privilege of attending Vacation Bible School this week. Our church was invited to the other Mennonite church in the area for VBS. The past three mornings one of our friends from church has picked him up and taken him along with her two boys to VBS. This has been wonderful! Andrew enjoys their boys so much, he tells complete strangers that these two boys are his best friends. Plus the drive is 35-40 minutes! I wish I could help out but we don't have a van to hall all the kids. Yesterday I was able to watch her children in the afternoon for her. Today I did go pick up Andrew. He is enjoying VBS, the songs they sing, the crafts they do and the children he has met. I have also enjoyed these past three mornings spending time with only Carson.
This has also come with a great price. Andrew is so exhausted and hungry by the time he gets home, around 1:00. Yesterday I would have had him take a nap, but with the other children here I knew that would be near impossible. Andrew's behavior is unbelievably bad. He does not listen well. I tell him the same thing over and over and when he does it again, he gets a time out. I try to stay as calm as possible (at least on the outside while boiling on the inside!!) I tell him he needs to take a time out, he runs away from me yelling and screaming. I pick him up and take him to time out while he is attempting (and succeeding sometimes) to kick and hit me and yelling. Then the final straw is he sticks his tongue out and very angrily spits at me. Where is this coming from?! What has happened!
Right now he is taking a much needed nap. I had to lay down with him until he fell asleep because he kept getting up. The entire time I was laying down with him, he was screaming and crying. He might get his short temper from me. I really thought I was a pretty patient person until we had children. I try really hard to be calm but I admit I do overreact at times. I feel like I am at a loss with him right now, I just don't know what to do with him.
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consistancy. remember that word. things will get better! each of our kids was very different, and only one of them was stubborn for a few of the preschool years. the others had their different challenges ...
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