I Can Be a Jerk!

Dominic is at the age now where he will go through mood swings. I know that they will only get worse but I noticed that they become more pronounced when I don't pay him enough attention.

We have been at each other the last couple of days, he cops an attitude and I fire back, determined to put him in his place...It wasn't working. Between me thinking about my job interviews this week, football and the water that came pouring in our back hallway from the rain I didn't even realize that I was ignoring him. Then to top it off I promised to play a video game with him last night, which meant I had to buy a new controller, I left to do just that but got sidetracked at football and didn't buy one. He reverted back to being difficult and it wasn't until this morning did I realize how much of a jerk I am. This is like the fishing he didn't go to, man I suck sometimes.

So today I went to the store and bought a controller, but not just any controller one that lit up when plugged in...Yeah cool. I even apologized, just so he knows that even dads make mistakes sometimes.

So on to more fun stuff, this would be about Tommy. He had show and tell today at school and of course he brought his stuffed elephant "peanuts". So Jen asks him "Tommy what letter does elephant start with" and Tommy replies "L", Jen snickers and says "no, it would be an E Tommy", to which Tommy replies "no mom then it would be an E-lee-phant".......I looked at her and said "well he has a point".

At 3:07 AM,  Anonymous said...

3 cheers for DAD!!!! I knew it would only be a matter of time before you figured what really bugged "Dominic"! Way to Go!!! This was just a small speed bump in the life of raising a child, and because you figured it out, the others that will follow, remain small! Mom
P.S. I know I've apologized to all of you kids at least once -parents make mistakes, too!

 

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