3.5 year olds… are assertive. It’s important for their development as confident individuals… but…<\/p>\n
But once in a great while his contrary attitude wears on my last nerve.<\/p>\n
Does everything<\/i> have to be such an ordeal? Can we not walk a block home from the pool without making a big production number out of it? Literally? Because he was actually trying to put on a 30 minute show? That was largely the ABC song over and over? On the neighbor’s driveway?<\/p>\n
Ordinarily, it’s very charming. Whimsically creative, even. But after two straight hours of indecisiveness, lollygagging, tantrums, whining and general annoyingness that’s really just a continuation of this mood<\/i> he’s been in this week, I’m just about done.<\/p>\n
So now we’re finally home, and finally eating dinner at 9:15pm.<\/p>\n
Anyway. It was a good first week at work. My boss is a great guy, and a lot of the other folks seem very friendly. And I’m told I’ll never have to pay for a DVD burner or high-density hard drive again, as there are always plenty of extra samples lying around.<\/p>\n
Ahhh. Okay. I’ve vented. I’ve relaxed. Now I’m refreshed, and ready to read The Cat in the Hat<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The Cat in the Hat. Now he<\/i> was assertive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
3.5 year olds… are assertive. It’s important for their development as confident individuals… but… But once in a great while his contrary attitude wears on my last nerve. Does everything have to be such an ordeal? Can we not walk … Continue reading