Most of the time my posts are all sunshine and roses...life is great...my babies are getting so big I want time to slow down, etc...etc...etc. While all this is true, life isn't always sunshine and roses and I want to remember the not-so-awesome times too...I'm gonna miss those times too right?
As we are creeping toward being two, the boys are learning more and more that A...they have opinions about life and how it should go and B...they can vocalize these opinions {very loudly and often at the worst possible time}. Ethan is a pretty go-with-the-flow kind of guy. He definitely gets mad when he wants something or gets told no but he usually moves on with life pretty quickly. Evan on the other hand is our master tantrum thrower. At the ripe old age of 18 months he has it down perfectly.
Who knew that this sweet little one could turn on the evil so quickly. He was a perfect baby...we could take him anywhere for any amount of time. While Ethan was our fussy-hold me-entertain me baby, Evan was pretty chill. It goes a bit with his personality though...he likes things a certain way and if all is not going well then watch out. He gets mad when playing by himself if the puzzle pieces don't go exactly back in place how they are supposed to or if he is stacking things and they aren't perfectly how he thinks they should be.
I am perfectly fine letting him cry as long as he needs to...which can be anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes. How he can roll around on the floor, kicking and screaming for that long is beyond me, but he does it with great ease. Ethan and I just keep playing or go to another room until he is ready to join us again.
The part I hate the most is when it happens in public...and it ALWAYS seems to be worse when we are out and about. It usually revolves around not wanting to be in a highchair, but can be anything from not wanting to hold our hand in the parking lot to wanting to drink our drinks and not theirs...I mean really...who told them they could have opinions. :) {and...just because Ethan is the go-with-the-flow child does not mean he can't hang with the best of them...he pulled the mother of all tantrums on my birthday, out to lunch with friends after church. The kind where people stare and roll their eyes...good times!}
There have been many a time when kids have been taken outside or to the car and my meals have been gotten to go. I love my kiddos...tantrums and all, but I'm praying that someday {maybe when they move out} they'll outgrow them! Here's to a little bit of wishful thinking!
SO. VERY. MAD...
...but wait, maybe not too mad to check out the turtle Easter basket...
I am definitely still mad...don't you forget it...
Yes, most certainly still mad...
Maybe I'll ignore you for a while...are you still watching??...I think I'll cry some more...
OK...I think I'm done...
...but this basketball goal is just so hard to carry...
...and it starts all over again!!!
1 comment:
i am dying! i did not know evan did this! cullen does this too! after being the easiest baby in the world...MONSTER fits!! and when he has them he CANNOT BE calmed down...like you said...you just have to walk away til it's done. come on baby B's :)!!
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