Not Again

We are coming off the heels of another great weekend. We've enjoyed those Carolina blue skies without a cloud in sight with temperatures in the 70's on Saturday and 60's today. Saturday marked our annual "mulch day" with the Freemans...and 6 yards of mulch and 3 hours later, both of our gardens looked ready for another year. Ahhh, the aroma of fresh mulch can't be beat! Thanks to Nay-Nay's ingenious idea, we created Thompson's very own mulch yard underneath the swingset in an effort to relocate his plowing, digging, etc. from my flower beds. And as a bonus, his new place provides some great shade. No "mulch day" is complete until we've had Celebrity Hotdogs for lunch...yum! Bobby went fly-fishing in the afternoon and had such success catching fish that his fly-rod broke. Mother's Day was a special one with William's addition to the family and dinner that Thompson so proudly prepared with his daddy...eggs, sausage and cheese grits.

And so you're wondering, why title this post "not again"? Well, I had to be sure to get this one down in the record books. In recent weeks, Thompson has been responding to direction with a range of reactions and emotions. He's been quick to express his frustration with our decisions when he deems them unfair or inconvenient that what he's doing and/or planning. We remind him it is OK to be upset and frustrated, but being rude and disrespectful is unacceptable. We also challenge him to make good decisions in these moments. I guess you can conclude, he's chose incorrectly a few too many times recently...so, as he was being reprimanded for the second time Saturday and chose to react in such a way that warranted being sent to his room for the second time, he storms off saying "not again!". Needless to say, it was hard for us to refrain from laughing out loud (instead, we waited until he was in his room!) The good news...Thompson made good choices today.