kiss butt

when caleb is getting scoldings, brynna will majorly kiss butt.  she'll tell us what she's doing right and how she's not being naughty.  tonight dave told her, "brynna, you know how to kiss butt, yea?!" and she says, "i know how to kiss butt."  lol. 

massive fit

caleb has been on an "i want mommy to do it" trip...it really is the most irritating thing EVER.  "i want mommy to wake me up," "i want mommy to put on my clothes," "i want mommy to sit by me when i eat breakfast/dinner"....and on and on and on.  we talked to him about it and he was better for a day, but this evening was ridiculous.  he refused to eat his dinner, didn't listen when i told him over and over to sit down, so i picked him up to take him to bocha and he started throwing a fit...swinging at me and even hitting me while i was carrying him.  we went in the bathroom and he got some pinches and eventually calmed down and said he wanted me to feed him.  i did, only because i wanted him to eat and be done with it.  then the three of us had some ice cream but he didn't get any because of his behavior, which caused another massive fit.  finally i took him in the bathroom, forced him to take a bath, all the while having him screaming, crying, trying to get away from me, hitting, flicking, etc.  needless to say he is in the bedroom and has been since his bath and brushing teeth.  after he calmed down i wrote down rules, consequences and rewards and then we listed all of the ways he had misbehaved. 

i'm sure tonight my bedtime reading will be articles on more effective dealings with these frickin fits cuz all i really wanna do is body slam him when he acts this way.  

new morning routine

having the two kids in school is a whole new ball game.  i thought that it would be easier with caleb since he's been doing it for a year, but apparently, the novelty of getting up and getting ready for school has worn off.  brynna has been much better so far, but she also has her moments.  on days when i have to make breakfast and lunches for all four of us, i'm going to need to be up by 5:30...5:15 would probably save my sanity a little bit more.  thankfully i can usually make some of the lunches the night before (at least me and dave's), so that helps.  not being able to give caleb anything with peanuts is a little tricky, but luckily brynna's school is not peanut free yet.