After visiting the 3s room, Nate didn't want to come home.
He was overheated but didn't want anything to drink.
The boys didn't want what I cooked them for dinner.
They took an hour to eat, repeatedly getting sent to time out for "throwing food to the duckies", spitting, and shouting.
After dinner, their shirts were dirty with pasta sauce. I sent them upstairs to get them by themselves, thinking it would distract them from ALL THE CRYING. Within 5 minutes, World War 3 broke out. Four broken hangers! Nate had the worst tantrum I HAVE EVER SEEN from my kids. The fabled 3 year old tantrum.
Nate wanted to wear Alex's orange shirt so badly he was hyperventilating and screaming. He was so distraught and out of control that all I could do was hold him close and pat his back while he screamed over and over.
I pulled up a picture of Nate on my iphone and drew an orange shirt on him in the picture. This did not amuse Nate or make him feel better. At least I tried.
Jon's flight was delayed.
Nate really really really did not want me to take this picture.
Keeping it real y'all, keeping it real.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
One of those nights
After reading this, I bet all our relatives in Florida are going to be very excited to see us tomorrow!
Have a happy 4th!
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Oh god, I feel for you Laura! Ugh! Those nights are the worst! Nerve rattling, confidence crushing nights! Ugh! I can only handle so much of that sort of thing before *I* have my own tantrum of sorts. It can get so ugly. At least a holiday is coming!??
SUCKS! I am so sorry.
*hugs* Four is less than a year away, right?
Well, I hope your holiday is better that that night! And hopefully all the extra adults will lend a hand :)
So sorry! I've read that during the preschool transition it can be rough. Not even so much the being in preschool, more the exhaustion and neediness at the end of the day. Hang in there! It sounds like you're off to Florida -- have a great trip.
Sorry you had such a rough night. I've said it before and I'll say it again..not a fan of three so far. I would take the terrible twos back in a second!
Keep it real, sister, keep it real.
I so feel your pain! I keep telling people that I now understand why some species eat their young (and I bet they are 3 years old when they do it!) No words of wisdom here, just wanted to commiserate!
Ugh, sounds like a rough night. Mommy needs a drink kind of rough! Have a great holiday!
Yeah, three has brought on a whole new level of WTF-ness to our home too. At least I only have one crazy little lunatic running around. I commend you for photographing it.
Sorry you had a rough night... but I think drawing the orange shirt in the picture was a creative idea. Too bad it didn't work.
So basically at three they just get "better" at tantrums! Good to know! Hope all is better today!
I agree, the 3 yr old tantrums are not fun. And how did they break 4 hangers? I tell ya...BOYS! I have those days sometimes, too! They can be exhausting!
Love the picture! I'm not looking forward to those kinds of fights between my boys. William cracks me up when he has his meltdowns. He very much takes to heart the lessons on "Using your words" at school. So he'll scream at me, "I DON'T LIKE IT MOMMY!" Or "I'M MAD AT YOU MOMMY!" And I have to hold in the laughter as I praise him for using his words. Deep breaths!
There must be something in the air...J was a complete monster from the time we got home from daycare yesterday until well AFTER bedtime. It culminated with him coming into our room at 10pm (WTH!?! Why are you out of bed? Bedtime is 8pm!) and throwing a fit next to my bed because I wouldn't turn on the Click Start so he could "play my game before I go to sleep." He was screaming and rolling around and gagging from crying so hard. I know he was overtired, and so was I. It was an ugly scene LOL.
I was doing a few deep breaths while reading your post. YIKES!! I hope you had a great trip--you deserve it after all that!
I, too, feel your pain. One of our girls has been crying non-stop (it seems) for 2 days straight - new teeth coming in.
I just took the SAME picture of my 5 y/o, screaming and crying because of something or other. I felt kind of bad doing it at the time, but darn, that is one real/cute picture. I figure I want to remember all the moments not just the pretty ones. I also took a video of her hiding under the covers because she was scared of the fireworks this year. That girl saw one roman candle go off and went running faster than the speed of light - she thought it was going to fall on her. The tears were unbelievable. For what it's worth, I calmed her down before I took the video. Does that count as a good mommy or a bad mommy?
I have a picture similar to that of Michael. They can't all be good ones!
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