Four-itis

It's been rough couple of days, between a sick kid, a babysitter who probably caught The Plague from us, birthday parties, laundry, ice skating lessons, disinfecting the house (see sick kid, above), plus our usual running around.

We decided to take the kids to church over the weekend. In theory, we should all leave feeling a little better than when we arrived but it is hard to do that when your four year old is stuck in an I-will-do-whatever-I-want-whenever-I-want phase (aka Four-itis). So there I stand, singing the hymns, which I have to amend to include phrases instructing my son to stop his disruptive behavior.

So Amazing Grace now goes like this:

Amaaaa- "stop kicking the the pew in front of us!"-Grace,
How sweet the sound
That saved a wr-"sit down already!"-like me
I once was lost, -"Shhhh"-am found
Was blind, now-"no, you ate all your snacks in the car",- I see.

I can do this with any hymn, psalm or prayer. I'm quite good at it.

Harry's whenever/whatever phase extends to all areas. Tonight we're having left overs so when I asked if he'd prefer chicken or lasagna, he said "I'll have a hot dog."

I explained that a hot dog was not one of the options. "Chicken or lasagna," I said.

"Then I'll have a steak."

"Chicken or lasagna."

"I SAID I'LL HAVE A STEAK."

"Chicken it is."

"NO! Steak!" I left the room. "I won't eat it if you don't give me a steak."

"Fine with me."

This went on and on (and on) until I won he relented.

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