last year we broke down and joined the ranks of all the other parents who are trying to keep the "Santa-ness" alive and brought the "elf on the shelf" into our home {aka "dobby"...nick named him...very cool because as you may or may not know, nick has a really hard time remembering names, much less giving inanimate objects names...& oh yes..."dobby" is the house elf from harry potter...that kid loves him some HP!}. dobby was pretty boring last year...showed up in random spots all over the house, but nothing fun like all the ideas i'm reading this year on pinterest. {i.e. making snow angels?! turning the milk green?! oh you crazy elves!...totally copy-catting those ideas this year!}. anyhoo...dobby started off this year much the same...in fact, he didn't even show up for duty on day one! musta gotten lost in traffic? yeah...that's it.
more to the point...keep getting distracted by the flushing of the toilet up in nicky's room...over & over & over & over...and hearing him jump from his bed to the floor...over & over & over... oh yeah... where was i? oh...so we watched the elf on the shelf show the other night, and read the book, and dobby joined us on day 2. boring spot, can't be creative cuz i still don't have all our trees decorated...yadda yadda yadda. anyhoo...nicky's behavior has been less than stellar lately. pretty much every november since we brought him home has been a challenge {it's the month his birth mother abandoned him, and he subsequently had a seizure and stayed in the hospital for a bit, then moved to the orphanage...quite a lot to take in for a 7 month old!}...feel sorry for him now? good...we do too. but...he takes a lot out on us this time of year, and it's hard to get into the "buying of presents" and the "joy of Christmas" and all that when he's just constantly fighting, arguing, whining, lying, tantrum-ing, etc! i mean seriously - how many times can one say "i don't want to..." in a short period of time? well...i lost count at 375...ok maybe not that many, but pretty dang close!
this past week has been so rough that at bedtime, nick exclaims "i don't want to go to bed! i want to stay up all night and watch movies!", etc {basically says any & everything to avoid going to bed & to get our attention}. once in his room, he plays in his bed, jumps up and down, peeks out of his room, etc, until he finally puts himself to bed and falls asleep. last night he jumped up and down on the top few steps outside his room and tried to get our attention for over an hour before he finally went to bed...and that's only because we turned off the tv at 9:35pm and "went to bed" ourselves! sheesh...stubborn much?! i even told him he didn't have to go to bed if he didn't want to...he could play all night for all i cared, but...he had to stay in his room.
well..."dobby" must have finally had enough and told "santa" all about it. and "santa" wrote a letter to nick telling him that all his crazy behaviors had better stop or there will be no presents in his sack for him...basically, nicky can stuff his sorries in a sack unless he shapes up!
we'll see how it goes...nick's been up for about 30 minutes now playing in his room...and it's 7:45am. seriously...can't a momma enjoy a quiet cup of joe before reporting to "work"? i have a feeling it's going to be a long day...your prayers are much welcomed!!!
xoxo...liese :o)
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