Everyday Luke

So, I'm putting my son to bed tonight & we go thru the same thing every night. "I don't want to sleep in my bed," he says. "Why?" I ask. "I'm scared," he says. "Scared of what?" I ask. "Scared of the dark." he says. "Why?" I ask. No answer - one point for mommy. :) Of course some kids would say scared of monsters, not my son. If you ask him what Avery's job is (Avery is one of our dogs), he'll tell you to catch the bugs. Now if you ask him what Draper's job is (Draper being our other dog), he'll tell you to catch all the monsters. I love this because he rarely says he's scared of monsters and when he does we go thru the same questions of what our dogs jobs are around the house. How do you deal with bed time stalling? I'm waiting for the day when I can just tell him to go to bed and there are no arguments or anything. Is there ever such a day?

Another issue that I am dealing with and can't wait until this phase is over is Luke arguing with Erik and me. In the morning it is always the same argument about getting up and going to the bathroom and getting dressed. This morning I think I found the key - hopefully it will continue. I made it a game, I figured I would stop trying to get him to go to the bathroom first thing, instead I asked him if he thought he could get ready before us. Well, he was all for that & of course he got ready before either one of us. Since Erik has to wear "soups" now for work, it's not that hard for him to get ready before him & usually when I am telling him this I'm standing there with wet hair. :)

Oh, in case you're wondering... day two working out on the elliptical and still sticking to it. Of course going up and down the stairs tonight I thought I was going to have charlie horses, just need to stretch more. The first week, even the first month is not hard to stick to working out for me, it's when I reach about month three and start getting bored. Hopefully that won't be the case or I will find something else to mix it up, which I plan to do once I get into working out.

I love my crazy life! Hope you all had a great day.