It started out with the post Johanna made about James’ pronouncement that Aiden needed to “fix his attitude.” That was really cute, I will admit it. A phrase like that is almost too big for him, but I say it so often to both of the kids it was sure to come up sooner or later. That one was alright.

Just a day later, I got a call at work, and was told that Aiden had built a computer! It consisted of a large overturned clothes bucket, a pillow for the monitor, a Lego keyboard, and a toy stethoscope as a power cable. He was very excited to show me the Mythbusters game that you could play on it, but wanted me to hurry home because it was broken, and it was up to me to fix the problem. I will upload a picture of the computer later tonight, but needless to say we had a bit of fun that evening, and he continues to move his computer from room to room so he can play with it whenever he gets tired of his little brother.

Another time I was struggling to get out of bed in the morning, because I could hear the kids in the hallway and figured I needed to get the day started. For the past couple of weeks, I have been on a mission to get James to stop sucking his fingers (it’s not exactly the nicest thing when he grabs your arm and his hand is dripping with drool!) That morning, the first thing I could actually make out was Aiden saying “James, no fingers! Never, ever put your fingers in your mouth again!” Johanna told me that telling a child “never” was never a good idea. I didn’t quite know what to make of this, it was borderline cute…but I don’t want Aiden starting to think he can be policeman.

The most recent, though, came when we were getting ready to go to Game Night at my uncle Vic’s house. We were in a rush to get out the door, and what do you know, Aiden couldn’t find his shoes. Or maybe it was James wanting one last drink of water. I honestly can’t remember, but I was a little put out about it and accused someone of something, only to be proven wrong seconds after I had said it. Immediately, Johanna told Aiden and James “Ignore Daddy right now, he needs to fix his attitude.”

I guess I have a long way to go before I get my bearings in this parenting thing.