For the last couple of days Goober has been a major whiner. I think it probably has to do with the fact that I now have to get him up early again for school and the missionaries came over last night to give us a pep talk about helping them do missionary work. As a consequence the two older kids went to bed later than usual.
Yesterday Goober got into trouble with one of his friends parents. Basically he and one of the kids were wrestling and she told him to get off and he didn't... then when 3 yr old little brother started hitting Goober to get him to get off, Goober threw a snowball at him.... not okay, the snow is now hard. Anyhow, when mom asked what happened Goober got an attitude with her and she told him if he wasn't going to tell her that he couldn't come over to their house and play. Needless to say, Goober came home bawling.
When I called and found out what happened I made sure Goober made a special "I'm sorry" card for mom, and we took a special trip over to their house to have him say sorry to everyone. Mom wasn't home, but we left the card and said sorry to the siblings.
Today Goober told me his friend had said that Goober couldn't come over to play there, but that Goober could come over and ask if he could come here.
Turbo was being an kamikaze kid and jumping on people soon after Goober got home from school so I had to put him down for a nap after he jumped on and hurt Goober.
Well, because I really don't want to have an uber loud house when Turbo is down for a nap I told Goober that he couldn't go and see if his friend wanted to play here. That if his friend came over on his own then they could play here.
Is that unreasonable? The kid never comes to see if Goober can play, it's always Goober going there. I feel like the parents probably think I'm pushing my kids off on them, but Goober has said that his friend only likes to play at his house. I wonder if the kid likes Goober or just puts up with him. It kind of worries me, honestly.
Anyhow, because of this Goober has continued with the whinefest today. Asking every so often if we can call and ask him over, or if I can call his mom. To which I reply no. Then he whines that he wants him to see that he passed all the "levels" on his Star Wars Wii game. etc etc
I'm thinking about moving bedtimes up if this continues. UGH.
1 comment:
I won't let friends come in when Micah is napping. Our house is teeny tiny, with poorly-insulated walls. You can hear everything, from any point in the house. And Dylan tends to get soooo loud when his friends are over. So I am on your side with this.
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