Rough Start, Great Ending!

What started out as a very rough day, ended up being quite the opposite - a delightful spring day with my boys (at least up until the time that I am writing this post - nap time).  I came home from boot camp this morning at 6:30 and the first thing I heard was Evan arguing with/yelling at Daddy for some reason.  My immediate thought, after the last couple that we have had, was "Oh great, another day like this."  We got Evan settled into his morning routine...TV, milk and "snacks" (cereal in a snack container)...and everything was fine...for about 30 minutes.  Logan woke up, I plopped him in our bed next to Evan and went to get him a bottle and more milk for Evan.  Fed Logan and went back to drying my hair.  It was at that point that I heard Evan say "No, Logan" immediately followed by Logan crying.  When I asked Evan what had happened, his response was "I punched him".  I wasn't in the room so I have no idea how hard but that isn't the point.  Evan needs to learn that his recent behavior of hitting Logan and pushing him over is not acceptable.  Needless to say, the TV was immediately turned off and Evan was off to his room for a time-out.  He kept coming back out of his room, screaming and crying which resulted in him losing his Legos and his box of blocks.  And this was all before 7:30!
He finally got it together, calmed down, we chatted about his poor behavior and the rest of the day has been smooth sailing!  We had a good breakfast, went to music class, had a great lunch, painted and played outside until nap time.  There was no a minimal amount of fussing, no major meltdowns and no arguing.  I am so thankful that he turned it around so that we could enjoy this beautiful spring day!  Let's hope the afternoon behavior and not the morning behavior continues!



The mowing part of the video is ok but the end is the best part


Logan's first Popsicle