Stubborn

I can be stubborn, I have seen others be stubborn, but I don't think I could have imagined the stubbornness that can come from a small child.

J Man is, at this very moment, on the potty.  He has been there for close to an hour.

This is not a usual thing.  For some reason when I asked him to go pee when he woke up, he wanted ME to take him off the potty and bring him downstairs.  I told him that he could come off on his own as I needed to go wake up Cici for school.

That is when this potty standoff started.

Oh, it just ended. I hear him coming down the stairs, I will be right back.  Actually on further inspection he is off the potty but still upstairs not willing to come down.  He did however show his displeasure with all this by throwing some of my clothes down the stairs.... I will have to deal with one thing at a time.

What is a potty standoff?  Well, as I have just learned, it is when a soon to be 3 yr old wants his own way and will sit and scream for close to an hour on a very uncomfortable potty till he gets his way, or in this case and all other similar cases, he gives in.  See, we have made a very clear point that as parents we will not give in, even if it means a small child is sitting on a potty for an hour, or a small 2 yr old Beaner is at the bottom of the stairs for and hour and a half.  In her case, she wanted me to help her up the stairs but my hands were full so I told her that she can do it herself, which she had done hundreds of times before!  That standoff also ended with her climbing the stairs on her own and eating her cold dinner that we had eaten and hour before without her.

We learned all about stubbornness from our oldest and learned many valuable lessons from her.  She was, and still is, very independent and still struggles with believing that everyone should cater to her, that she should be the first, the centre, the important one in this family.  God is testing her now and we are finding there are lots of times lately where He is teaching her, mostly through us, that her heart needs to change.  I am reminded even though my role as a parent is very important, when it comes to heart issues, God does the work, we just try to guide our kids towards Him and His changing power.  A good reminder for me swell about my heart and my own stubbornness and selfishness.

Ok, on to lighter things!

I did a "Goodbye Photo Shoot" with Cici and some of her friends the other day.  It was a way of her and her friends having a good time together and then having a memory book of the pictures.  Not all her friends could make it so we will do another one soon for them.  I didn't want to put pictures of her friends on here so here are some that I could share.











Well, J Man is still not downstairs, any wager on how long it will take him to fully give in?  It may be a long day.  At least the potty is free again.  Beaner is home from school for the second day with the stomach flu.  I think she is turning around and may try food today.

There is a talent show at the school next week.  Both our girls want to be part of it. Cici auditioned yesterday, she is going to do animal imitations.Beaner's audition will have to put off to Fri but she is going to play a song on the piano and sing.  I am shocked that she wants to do this, and more shocked that she isn't scared at all.  She told me that they will need to give her a mic so that "they can hear her in the back"!  It will be fun to see them both do their thing, I will make sure to record it!

Off to check on the whereabouts of J Man.