Tuesday, August 5, 2008

And good morning to you too!

This morning kicked off around 5 AM, to the sounds of Evan crying in his room. I stumbled in to see what was going on (assuming his nightlight had turned off) and he tells me he has just had a very bad dream. That there was a lady with a gun and she shot him 3 times and an arrow went into his leg and hit his bone and hurt very badly. Cripes. I'm used to Evan having night terrors, but I don't think I'm quite ready for the nightmares yet!! I reminded him of the good dream he had a few days earlier (dolphins swimming and he got to touch one on the tail) and snuggled in bed with him until he fell back asleep.

Then I had to fight with Eric about shoes, something I never thought I would have to do with a boy. Although, to give him credit, he was protesting the socks with his sandals which I am also not a fan of, but daycare insists that children must wear socks. So I had to wrestle him out of the house like an alligator while Evan is still tearing up about his bad dream and we get to daycare to find a child wearing crocs with--you guessed it--no socks. Argh. Luckily he decided to play with a boy who was dressed according to the rules and I was able to point out how Ryan was wearing socks and shoes like a big boy and it all ended well.

And the road I normally take to work after dropping Evan off is closed for a MONTH, and the alternate way is crappy. But camp is over in 2 weeks, so at least I only have to deal with it for that long.

3 comments:

  1. Have you begun having those "I do it MYSELF fights"?? THEY DRIVE ME CRAZY!!!

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  2. They have started, but mostly with getting up/down places. Especially painful with all the steps in our house!! Eric has just started taking an interest in helping with un/dressing, so I'm sure that will be next!!

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  3. You need to find the children's book "Dream Hop". Reagan and I checked it out from the library not knowing what it is about, but we love it. And it may help with the nightmares...although I think reminding him of the good dream was a super-mommy move!!!

    link to book:
    http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Hop-Julia-Durango/dp/0689871635/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217968034&sr=8-1

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