Tantrums!

Here is my question, Is it ever possible to take a child to Chuck E. Cheese and leave without kicking and screaming?  Not in my experience.  We met up with our friends at Chuck E. Cheese today so the kids could play and have fun together.  They played games, gathered all of their tickets and bought their cheap .50 cent toys.  The problem was that Christian did the buying without me knowing and only bought himself something.  So Ayden ended up without a toy and thus a tantrum erupted.  It wasn't a full on kicking and screaming fit but it wasn't pretty.  I did feel bad and Christian felt guilty too.  I have decided two things:  Ayden misses Dominic and doesn't know how to express his feelings and he stopped taking naps way too early in life.  Ayden has had a tough time lately.  All I can do is reassure him and just keep loving him thru every fit of rage and tantrum that comes along.

Mason is sick.  He slept fine last night but I'm not sure how tonight will be.  He's very stuffy.

Yesterday was a great day.  I washed the van while the boys played on the deck.  Christian helped me by cleaning the wheels and Ayden wanted to help wash but the hose just kept screaming his name :)  It was nice to get that done though.  Now we have to wait for another nice day and wash the truck.

We have two appointments coming up this week.  One is for Masons 12 month check up and the other is to meet with Christian's doctor about starting the ADHD meds.  I received Christians results of the tests that he took.  It states that Christian's overall thinking and reasoning abilities exceed those of approx. 73% of children his age.  His IQ is 109.  It also states that Christian achieved better than anticipated in reading.  His Reading Composite score (124) is much higher than anticipated for a child with his general cognitive ability (predicted score was 107).  This obviously suggests that this is an area of considerable strength for him.  He received his lower scores in math reasoning (which is to be expected, and why he goes to Sylvan), working memory and processing speed.  

I am anxious to see what comes of the appointment this week.

Dominic called twice on Friday since he was in Africa and wasn't able to call.  He called for his first 15 minutes in the morning and another in the evening.  We both missed each other this past week since we hadn't been able to communicate.  He said that he had 6 packages waiting for him when he got back.  He said that the guys love when he gets packages because he always gets good stuff.

I better go think about what I'm going to make for dinner.