Dexton has been full of unexpected surprises lately......I would be considered a naive parent if I told you that I had visions of completing motherhood on a high note. Now. I realize motherhood is an eternal calling. And I'm not encompassing Eternity in this sentence. At least I hope not. I'm talking about capping off the infant/toddler stage with cherry on top. A "hallelujah! we're done and we've done an excellent job" kind of mentality. Leaving on a high note, if you will. That was my vision when I embarked on baby #5. This is not quite the way it has been working out for me. I love my little Dexton. But he has come with many personality traits that I did not expect. Not bad ones. More like stubborn ones. Which still isn't quite accurate because all of my children have been stubborn in their own way. And now is a good time to mention that it is quite possibly not Dexton. It could be ME that has changed. I do not have the patience I used to. I'm tired. Motherhood has dragged me through the muck and just as I was emerging and felt good again I jumped into pregnancy #5. So most of this has to do with me and a different stage of life that I am currently in. Now I've been side-tracked about my original intent of writing this post. So back I go!
This morning as I was making my bed, I had my little helper waiting for me to go to the kitchen to make him some oatmeal. As Dexton waited, he started to sing a made-up song. I heard him and smiled to myself. What a sweet little boy I have! And then I started to listen to my 2 and half year old......was he singing about punching someone??? He clearly was. I hastily jumped in and reminded him that punching was not nice but loving people was nice. Try singing about love, I instructed. And so he changed his tune. It immediately became a song about how he loved people. But more specifically how he loved PUNCHING people. Ack!!! I stopped trying then
and just went to make him so oatmeal. We'll keep working on his song lyrics......
