Haircut

Nathan got his hair cut this morning. His hair just grows too fast!

Evan came home for lunch today, and he played with the play dough with Nathan while I finished getting lunch ready. After lunch, Evan was getting ready to leave, and Nathan came up and said, "Thank you, Daddy, for playing play dough with me." Awwwww!!!! Isn't he cute?!

I was talking to MeeMaw last night about him being whiny the past few days; then I stopped and said, "You know, I haven't seen attitude in a couple of weeks now!" For a couple of weeks there I was constantly struggling with his attitude (did you notice the absence of posting?). He would hiss or make defiant noises at me whenever I told him to do something, and I was getting to the end of my rope. I didn't know if what I was doing was even being effective with him. And then I hadn't even realized when it stopped! ha I think the attitude definitely comes in spurts, but it is nice to know that staying consistent will eventually win out. :-)

I was telling MeeMaw that a defiant, rebellious attitude was the scariest thing to see in your child. The sobering thought is that it is my job, as a parent, to deal with that. He doesn't know how to deal with his rebellious thoughts; I have to teach him. I almost see the rebellion as a cancer in his soul, something which will take over his entire life if given half a chance. God is the ultimate Deliverer and Healer of that cancer, but I am the one who introduces him to that path of repentance and forgiveness. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will walk in it. After correcting him one day, I told Nathan that he needed to be a good boy and obey. He said that he did not want to be a good boy and obey, so I told him that he needed to ask God to help him "want to" be good and obey. A few days later, he yelled the same thing from the living room then in just a few seconds ran into the kitchen, "I asked God to help me obey!" The funny thing was that he had switched from defiant to happy in just that instant...and he obeyed. :-)

Whoa, I didn't mean to write that much. :-) Maybe I just needed to get my thoughts in print. That way, the next time his attitude pops up and I feel overwhelmed, I can read what I said!