This is my little man Joel. I love him like crazy and he's as cute as can be...but he's been driving me nuts this week! I thought you might all enjoy a glimpse into my crazy world. I'm sure one day I'll look back and laugh at these stories...but I'm not there yet!
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I took Joel & Gracie out to look at toddler tuxes on Monday (Joel is going to be the ring bearer in Joe & Amanda's wedding). All was going well until he saw some toy trains across the store that he wanted to see. He jumped off the back of the stroller and went running. I was momentarily paralyzed with the decision to leave Grace and grab him, or stay with Grace and let him wander off. Fortunately, it was not a big store and I was able to catch up to him with the stroller. I sat him down in his seat and told him that he could not leave the stroller while mommy is driving it. He sat down, crossed his arms and said, "Goodness sakes!" He then pouted and repeated over and over again, "back to trains! back to trains!"
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Yesterday, Joel and I were eating dinner at the table. He was going slow, so I finished up and brought Gracie out to the living room to change her and wash her up before bed. In the middle of my diaper duty, Joel started saying "More bread! More bread! Mommy...More bread!" I assured him that I would be there in a minute, but that just wasn't fast enough. When he realized that he was getting nowhere with the "Mommy...mo bread!" approach, he said "Hey Amy! Mo bread!" I looked at him and said, "excuse me...what is my name?" To which he giggled and said "mommy!" Isn't he a little young to be calling me by my first name??
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Today...I walked into the living room to find Joel scribbling with pen all over the back of my leather couch. Ugh! It was not good. After a spanking and some time in his room, I was able to get MOST of it out. Thank goodness for leather cleaner. When he finally came out of his room, he gave me a hug and said "sow sow, mommy." (as in "sorry mommy"). I asked him if he was ever going to write on my couch again...and he said "Yes."
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Fantastic.
I'm glad to see that my discipline is getting us somewhere.
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Is it really only Wednesday?
Hi there Amy! I was at the Portage office today and saw on Grace's announcement that you have this great blog! I cannot believe how big Joel is now and Grace is such a cutie...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, about the munchkin tuxes...Steven was in a wedding about a year and a half ago and we priced tuxes (OUCH!). We ended up buying him a suit and rented the vest/tie from a tux place for $10-15. If you are interested in borrowing the suit, let me know!