November 15, 2005

Long Night

The Governor and I had yet another battle over eating dinner, or in his succinct words, "this junk."

I had a lengthy post about the ensuing battle, but, eh, the upshot of the night was that instead of getting soup dumped over his head, he was forced to sit at the kitchen counter until the soup was eaten or the kitchen timer dinged. He chose the timer. So he sat for an hour and screamed and yelled. And when the hour was up, he screamed and yelled some more when he discovered it was time for bed.

Brushing his teeth was an exercise in parental restraint, and by the time I got him into pajamas, I was searching for the Crisis Nursery phone number.

And then I offered him a piggyback ride down to his room. And I was the best mom in the world.

Until tomorrow, when I refuse to let him have cookies (once again) for breakfast.

Posted by Cathy at November 15, 2005 10:34 PM
Comments

Irresistable force, meet immovable object. Immovable object, irresistable force.

Posted by: aelfheld at November 15, 2005 10:53 PM

Good morning,
This is the frist time I have read your blog but you have me rolling. You call your child the Governor? Now I am sure there has to be a great story about that. Did you ever post that story? If so, would you be so kind as to point me to it?

Thank you
Wayne

Posted by: Wayne M at November 17, 2005 08:55 AM

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for leaving the comment. It's always great to find out who is reading these days. I don't think I ever posted a history of the nicknames, but it will give me something to do.

Thanks again for stopping by!

Posted by: Cathy at November 19, 2005 01:47 AM