I'm either enjoying this blogging idea way too much, or my life is simply too adventurous to remain silent...but regardless...here's another story from last night. I'd say it's about Owen, except that Will's comments were PRICELESS and so classically "Will."
For those of you who don't know Owen well, let's just say that he's...um...strong-willed. 'Stubborn as a mule' also works, except that he's proving to be pretty smart in his "outsmart the parents" attempts. He also has a temper. (If you can remember this in your prayers at night, we'd greatly appreciate it). Well, last night we were all working puzzles and Owen had one of his wooden trains in hand. He was standing on a puzzle, so Wes asked him to move and helped edge him off of the puzzle. This, for some reason, made Owen furious. He really wanted to stand on the puzzle. So he turned around and swung his train at Wes' face...barely missing clocking Wes in the head. He immediately gets popped and deposited into his crib for a minute or two of time out (this is, sadly, not an uncommon occurrence). After a minute, we get him out of the crib and tell him to either say he's sorry or hug Daddy. He looks square at us and says "No!" Back in the crib he goes. Needless to say...he does not do time out quietly. Seething fury would probably be about accurate. We go through the process again. "Owen, tell Daddy you are sorry or give him a hug." "NO!" Back in the crib. Apparently the screaming that Owen was doing from the crib was beginning to bother Will, so once Will realized that Owen wasn't going to give in any time soon, he quietly got up, walked to Owen's bedroom door and said very politely "Ok, Owen? I'm just going to close your door now." And walked right back to the living room, sat down, picked up his puzzle pieces and announced "that's better." This time when we get Owen and tell him to either say he's sorry for hitting or hug Daddy, he doesn't immediately say no. He sorta collapses onto Wes for what appeared to be a hug, so I let him go, Wes hugged him (note that Owen did NOT hug Wes like we thought he was about to) and he immediately scooted out of Wes' grasp and sat on the far end of the couch, looked at us...and laughed. Red-faced, tears and snot and anger pouring off of him...and the second he "got out of trouble"...he looked at us and laughed. Laughed! Wes looked up and said "I think we've just been had."
You know...you can get a college education for a lot of things...but figuring out how to understand, outsmart and outwit your preschoolers and toddlers just ain't in the curriculum.
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