You may hear the phrase 'terrible two's' and think it couldn't be that bad, right? To be honest, it seemed like Jack avoided the terrible two's until he turned two and half. Then he has been terrible ever since.
Recently, the terrible two's seemed to have come to an end and Jack was listening and behaving a better.
Sadly, last week was not one of his better weeks. It all started for me when Jack and I started making a birthday card for Grandpa. Jack and I decided to do some arts and crafts downstairs so I went upstairs to get all the stuff while Jack was picking out a pen. I noticed he had a purple pen out and ready to write.
All was good and we made the card without any problems. The next day, I come home from dropping him off and I sit on the sofa.
Hmm, where is the arm rest sleeve?
I search all over looking for it. I can't remember it not being there. I know Jack likes to take it off sometimes but he usually takes it off and throws it on the floor. I look under all the cushions and all the pillows.
Finally I head over to Jack's toychest:
Naturally, I was thinking, "Huh. Why in the toy chest....why??" I know it isn't to be funny so I look at the arm rest sleeve and what do I see?
Jack drew a dot and some lines on the sleeve (with his PURPLE pen) and then tried to hide it from me and not tell me! Argh! I wasn't so mad about him writing on the sleeve but more mad that he tried to hide it from me at the ripe ole age of three an half!!
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When it rains it pours. Because on the day I discovered the mark on the sofa sleeve, my dad told me about the trouble Jack got into at school.
Jack strolled into school and addressed the class by saying, "Good morning poo-poo heads!" When the teacher told him that was not appropriate for school, Jack slowly turned his hand into a gun, aimed it at the teacher and told her, "I am going to shoot you."
UGH!? Who does and says that to a teacher?!? I can't even be blamed for this one because I didn't teach him to make the hand into a gun gesture. We don't play shooting or cops and robbers at home. I don't watch violent shows (outside UFC...buts thats another story) at home.
So not cool...but to make matters worse for me, I can't even get mad about the sofa sleeve because the teacher incident is worse. On top of that the teacher incident comes a day after the fact because the teacher goes home before Jack gets picked up so we don't get the report until the next day. Thus, Jack's short term memory gives the default answer of, "I dunno" or "sorry".
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I guess if Jack gets in trouble with me and the teacher it only makes sense he starts trouble with a classmate.
Apparently a kid (one of his friends) was in front of Jack. He was taking too long to do something. Either go outside or getting a toy...I dunno...but Jack grabbed the kids hair until he cried and then pushed him. At least the boy defended himself and got up and pushed Jack down so he got a taste of his own medicine. Either way, it just wasn't a good week for Jack last week.
Jack had no tv and no toys last week. I wish I could say punishing him made him learn his lesson, but to be honest, I think he could hardly care...he just occupied himself with other toys and games.
Trouble is definately going to be Jack's friend.
