You Two are Too Tough...

Just got the munchkin to bed about twenty minutes ago. Bedtime seems to be hit or miss. Either things go really smoothly or things get ugly quick. Tonight he took his shower and got in his PJs, but then decided to fight brushing his teeth and jumping into bed so that I could read him a book. He started calling us names, "fatty" and "ugly" and "mean." We tried to have a conversation about how that hurt our feelings and wasn't a nice thing to do, but he seems to escalate to a point of red rage and it's hard to pin down exactly what happened to get to that point. Tonight it got to the point where he started emptying out his drawers and was packing because he was going to run away. I had to leave the room to keep from laughing in front of him. I just had this image of the little man walking down the street with a baseball bat over his shoulder with a bag tied to it filled with his spongebob underwear and spongebob nightlight. We have quickly learned that it is best to ignore the negative behavior. Tonight we just walked out and left him in his room. After ten minutes he apologized and we settled him into bed. He loves to tell us that we are too tough on him. I tell him that means we are doing it right. Who would think a face this cute could be such a pain in the butt!
This past weekend we went to my Aunt Jackie's lake houses at the Lake of the Ozarks for a work weekend. Every spring the family goes down a couple weekends to get the houses ready for summer rentals. This weekend we were installing this metal stabilizer to one of the docks. This dock is open to the main channel of the lake and it gets beat up throughout the year. In fact the constant pounding damaged the boat lift and caused the boat to partially sink this winter. To prevent that from happening again we installed this 30 foot metal stabilizer. My dad brought it down in two pieces on a 16 foot trailer and we had to connect the pieces. The whole thing had to have been hilarious to watch. When it came time to put the thing in place it took 18 of us to pick it up and move it. Everyone kept waiting for something bad to happen, but it all went well and we got it into place. William did really good down at the Lake. Alex was down there with us and the two of them played well together. William did a lot of fishing and like all little boys he loves throwing rocks. He would set up a stack of cans and then knock them down. I love that in an age of computers and playstations and 24-7 cartoons that a little boy can still love knocking down cans with rocks. I did take William and Alex for rides on the jet ski, but boy was it freakin' cold. The temp was only about 58 on Saturday and I have no idea the water temperature but it was cold. My feet were numb for about half an hour! We left early Sunday and came home and worked in our gardens. I'll have to put pictures up of our yard once everything is ready for the big reveal. =) We only have a few beds left to clean up in the front yard. In the meantime below are some pics from the weekend at the Lake.