I've got too many things going on in my head at the moment that I don't know where to start my post. I wont be able to write down all the things I want to blog about and I know that I will probably forget half of them after I typed up the ones I want to share right now. But that's just the way it is.
Twice today I was told by the big fella that he was running away! It was because he didn't like being 'told off' or couldn't do exactly what he wanted when he wanted to. The second time he mentioned this was around lunch time when he wanted to go into the pool (which if you read yesterday's post he was banned from) because there were some friends there he wanted to spend time with. I thought I did pretty well not losing my cool with him and told him to just go. It's not like he can go anywhere especially since we live in the middle of nowhere and the nearest town is at least 8-10 km away (5 miles or so) it's a fair hike if you were walking. He ended up going over to the pool and spoke with his friend rather than getting into the pool to play. I thought that was okay I could handle that but then Mark & I spotted him picking stuff up (I thought they were pine cones) and he proceeded to throw them into the pool because his friend wanted something to 'dive' for! Mark went over to check it out. They turned out to be rather large stones!! Big MISTAKE!! He ended up having to come home rather than staying and chatting. He really blew that.
Mark & I had a good talk with the big fella this morning right after his first 'I want to run away!' statement. We spoke about a lot of different things but the main one was about being a responsible person and owning up to mistakes and taking responsibility for your actions. We spoke of how people respect you more if you tell the truth & admit you are wrong. After all we ALL make mistakes and we need to learn from them so that we can grow as an individual. I don't know how much of it sank in but at least he was willing to listen and not interrupt as much as he normally would.
All I want is for my kids to grow up and be responsible adults. I just hope I don't mess this up with them!
Thankfully for the last few hours the boys have managed to get along with each other quite nicely. Which makes for a pleasant change. I just hope that it lasts for the rest of the day!!
Even though the boys drive me absolutely crazy with their behaviour at times I still love them to pieces.
Over the last few days we've had some awfully hot weather with the temperature climbing up to 37C (100F) but luckily today it's been so much more pleasant. It reached 30 but I can cope better with that rather than the 35 or higher it seems to be of late. Sometimes when the weather is hot like this I can't wait for winter .. but then again I hate winter too rofl so I can't win! I wish that we always had Spring weather. Cool in the morning but it turns out to be a beautiful day. For me at least, Spring is my favourite season! I love it when the birds are out singing, the blossoms are on the trees, everything looks fresh, green and alive! Why can't we have spring ALL year round??
I suppose I had better go and work out what's for dinner. I am sure that they boys will start complaining that they are "starving" and they want food NOW!! You'd think with the way that they react to hunger pains that they only get one meal a day!!
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