Don't forget - Saturday's theme is SOUND :)
I can't wait to see your pics!!!
Are you guys still excited about playing along?
PS these so-and-sos are TEASING me about bringing my camera to work. Why not? I said!
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Yesterday we had our divisional awards function and I started feeling a bit weird (very hot, and apparently it was actually cold) and then had a headache. By the time I left, the headache was increasing steadily, so much so I couldn't even listen to my Elton John CD.
I must say, I love listening to Philadelphia Freedom even more knowing how much Heather likes it :)
One song I've started seriously enjoying (way too much, if I'm honest) is Honky Cat. I pretend I'm singing "live" in front of an audience when I'm in the car. Stop laughing!
Which are your favourite 3 Elton John songs?
(you'll be doing better than me - I can't even get down to top 5)
Anyway, the point is I slept 10.5 hours last night.
Yes! Hence no blogging :)
I'm being very careful today to drink a lot of water and also take a Panado the minute I feel a headache coming on.
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| Exhibit A - three-year-old behaviour |
So what I really want to discuss with you is the latest 3-year-old trend in my house.
I say no to someone and they collapse in tears like someone just died. Complete with dramatics - snot, hands on face, complete drama.
I say no to another someone and they flip out. Like SOLID. Like loud crying, legs kicking, screaming, etc.
The complete dramatics don't phase me in the least - I can quite easily ignore it except when it's interrupting conversations D and I are having.
So I tell her to please go cry outside my bedroom and when she's done she can come talk to us nicely.
But the boy... is somewhat extroverted and therefore loud.
And that crazy behaviour pushes my buttons big time.
Kendra laughed at him last night and miraculously (because it could go either way - either anger him further or snap him out of it) he started laughing and all was well.
Normally I also leave him and tell him to come talk to me nicely BUT the latest is he will follow me and keep screaming and crying, "NO, I DON'T WANT TO!!! WAAAAAAHHHHH"
MandyE wrote a post yesterday which pushed this off my mental drafts into an actual blog post.
She wanted to know if we give in to the issue in question (especially if it's small) or if we stand firm.
I try and not make a big deal about things that are not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
Like this morning no one wanted to eat breakfast "properly", but only have one slice of toast.
Okay, maybe that's a bad example because I never make an issue of food. I just won't ever give anything else. So I told them they could stop eating but if they get hungry, they have to then have their fruit first before getting anything else.
I stand absolutely firm on the big things (for me) like respect, good manners and safety (but my views on safety are very lax anyway - I'm farrrrr from a helicopter parent) but on the little things, I make them choose with consequences. "you want water? okay, but that means you will only get a tiny bit of milk otherwise you'll pee in the bed" but "you have to say sorry to Daddy first for speaking so ugly"
How do you handle the 3-year-old behaviour?
PS next up - I have to tell you about anger and the love languages. I've been doing things ALL wrong!!!
