Sarah says:
Several days later and this wine is still good!! Man – being healthy is a major bummer – I like drinking different wines every couple of days. This whole 4oz at a time thing is boring! Luckily, Jon is home tonight, so I can enlist his help!!
Jon says: ok so this is my first experience with this wine and i was very pleased. it was rather sweet and fruity but not so sweet that i thought i was going to become a diabetic. very nice.
Sarah says:
Since we’re still on the topic of being good – let’s talk about my kiddo for a minute, Liam. In general, Liam is a good kid. He’s quiet, he follows directions, he aims to please – wow, sounds a lot like me! But every now and then, he goes through these crazy phases that are so out of character that I wonder if he is sick. He’s been having tantrums lately – like 2 year old tantrums, except that he is 5! First, he’ll scream… LOUD and high pitched, if that doesn’t get him what he wants (which it never does), he will angrily take off his clothes, ALL his clothes. He has an order… first the shirt, then shorts, then underwear, then socks. The whole time he is staring at me waiting for something. I try to stay serious, but at some point (usually around the underwear time) I can’t help it but laugh. It’s hysterical! I don’t know why he does this; it’s never gotten him anything. This phase started a few weeks ago – but I am eager to make it stop. Thank God he’s never done it in public, and I don’t think he ever would, he saves most of his bad behavior for the comfort of his own home, but still, my 5 year old should not think its ok to strip naked when he’s not getting his way. Why can’t I have a normal kid who just lies on the floor and cries, why does he have to strip!? It’s a lot harder to ignore.
What crazy things do your kids do for attention?
When Ben gets mad, he gets very physical - he will punch walls, throw toys, slam doord, he's even thrown the kitchen chairs across the room & broken them, twice. Its really hard to ignore that behavior, I do immediately put him in timeout. But, he has learned it gets him attention, even if its negative attention. Also, I really don't know where he gets his temper from - Jason & his entire family are totally laid back....i'm pretty laid back too, although I do have some tempers in my relatives....but holy cow - when he's a teenager I'm sure he'll punch some holes in the walls....and I fully intend on having him repair them by hand, or pay to get it fixed.
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