January 19, 2005

Today Collin was in a VERY bad mood. Among other things, he didn't want me to bring any diapers in the car because he wanted to "use the pottty like big boy." I'm sitting there thinking, "Um, you've only peed on the potty ONCE - we aren't yet ready for you to go commando." So I ignore him and take the diapers/wipes to the car. He flips out. We get in the car, he flips out. We go to the gym and he finally calms down. He proceeds to then tell me that "mommy I want to give you a hug, kiss and honk your nose." This comes after I tell him that he made me sad by pitching a fit. I think that's his way of apologizing. We get to the gym & he flips out that he has to go to the 3 year old room. I ignore him & we go anyway. I then tell the Nursery lady in charge that he's in a mood today, just in case he pitches a fit when I leave. I mean he shouldn't pitch a fit, these women have only known him & vice versa since he was 8 months old! So then I workout and I go pick him up. The woman tells me that he had a scowl on his face & he told her "leave me alone, I'm in a mood." I just shook my head laughing when they told me!

Then I take him to school. While we were waiting to drop him off, I forgot to tell him the school rules (no hitting, no fighting, quite as a mouse on the playgroud, share & listen). As I picked him up I thought OH CRAP, we didn't go thru the rules. Sure enough, he got a note sent home that he got time out for telling Ms. Beth "NO."

We get home and I go thru the whole "you need to listen to your teachers, etc." I tell him that it makes mommy sad to hear that you didn't listen to Ms. Beth. Later on he tells me "Mommy you aren't mad anymore, you're happy! I want to give you a hug, kiss and honk your nose." I guess that's not so bad of an apology.