crazy caleb, rocks aren't for eating!

i think it was yesterday...yea, i'm pretty sure it was yesterday...man, my brain sucks...

anyways, as i was sitting at the computer, caleb comes over and i hear a crunching sound. my first thought is that he's eating a snack, but quickly my mind registers that there is no snack that would make that sound against his teeth. i turn to him and ask him what he has in his mouth. he quickly clamps his mouth shut, which tells me immediately that he has something in there that shouldn't be there. i pry his lips open and stick my fingers in his mouth...and pull out a little rock. it's smaller than a benadryl pill and thank goodness he didn't swallow it. i explain to him that this is a ROCK, not food. usually he picks up stuff from the ground (rubbish) and throws it in the trash. dunno why he decided to stick the rock in his mouth. gosh.

caleb's been being naughty when it's bedtime too. he doesn't want to go to sleep anymore....so we'll go in the room around 8:30, read him his books, turn on his music and move to the other side of the room while he falls asleep on his bed. this was working well until this week...now he doesn't want to go to bed. the other night dave was in there with him. dave lies on the ground while he's waiting for caleb to sleep...so dave turned his back to caleb (who is lying on the bed), and when he turned back, caleb was standing up on the bed, trying to be all sneaky. dave tells him to lie down, caleb rolls his eyes and dives down to his pillow. dave wanted to laugh but had to scold him and tell him it's bedtime. last night caleb didn't want to go to sleep so we just left him in his room. he whimpered at the door and tried to get our attention, but we didn't want to stay in his room with him, waiting for him to fall asleep. eventually he fell asleep on the floor by the gate...and we left him there until he woke up crying and dave went to sleep in the room with him.

all i know is that this first week of work has tired me out. dave loves staying home with the kids, taking naps, playing bejeweled, chess and wii baseball uninterrupted. i told him staying home isn't all fun and games...so he said if i tell him what he needs to do, he'll do it. yesterday i told him to fix our bed and vacuum...which he did. today he has to do laundry. i also told him that before he plays, he needs to make sure all the chores are done...lol. next week he's coming to work and i'm staying home.