January 18, 2003
Trevor
Trevor has been home sick a lot this week due to a cough he has right now. As a result of that, I have stayed home with him a few days so that Tara and I can share the time and not eat up all of one or the others vacation time.
Having this much time with him has been nice, but I am beginning to see that he is not a toddler at all anymore, and more a full on kid. He has moved beyond the time of looking to Tara and I for everything and thinking we are the bee’s knees right to asking for the keys to the car and reaching into Tara's purse for beer money.
Ok, that may be a bit exaggerated, but you get the point.
He is not listening, being somewhat aggressive with me, and challenging everything we say to him, purposely ignoring what he doesn't like to hear and breaking the rules. In essence, he is doing exactly what I want him to do. Yep, that's right I said I want him to do this.
Sure it has been frustrating over the last few weeks, but I think the end result will be well worth the pain. He is learning where his boundaries are, showing us that he can think freely and expanding his own little world. Trevor isn't doing anything that is really malicious or destructive, just mischievous and interesting.
I look forward to seeing what he comes up with tomorrow.
:)