As some of you may know Kellen is a rather challenging young man. He has a ton of energy and can be rather rough with others at times. He used to be so easy going...that is until he got to be about 3 years old. Someone flipped the switch, and BOOM, Kellen turned into a major stinker. Here are just some examples:
1) The other day in nursery Kellen was running around bothering the rest of the children (as usual) and then proceeded to lift his left leg in a karate position and knocked 3 children over like bowling pins. I cringe at the thought of 3 kids falling because of my son, but yes, it happened!
2) Exciting news...Kellen is now potty trained! YEAH!! The other day we were at an activity that did not have toilets available. Kellen really had to go to the bathroom. So, Tom took him behind a bush and taught him how to go "pee-pee" in the great outdoors. The other night Kellen announced that he had to go to the bathroom. I was doing the dishes, turned and looked over to see Kellen stripping down as fast as he can while running toward the backyard door. I didn't even have time to stop him from going outside. He now thinks that going potty outside is what we do all the time. Sigh....
3) Kellen is getting ready to go to primary. Bless his new sunbeam teacher!! She will have a million more blessings in heaven now that she is Kellen's new teacher!!! Anyhow, Kellen refused to put his shoes on after going potty (there must be some kind of trend here with potty and misbehaving?). He came into primary all dressed in his Sunday best and no shoes or socks. He looked precious and homeless all at the same time. Little weird!
4) He terrorizes his sister and her little friends. I always hear "Kellen, stop hitting me!!!" coming from Katie's room. I then get to try and seperate the kids the whole time Katie has a friend over. Such a pain.
5) Ever since Kellen was little he has loved to play with my hair. He loves to twist his little fingers in my hair. His latest thing is to twist the hair so hard that his finger gets stuck and starts turning purple. So, I get to either find a way to get his little finger lose OR cut the hair that is strangling his finger. I have tried many, many times to get Kellen to play with Tom's hair. It just isn't good enough. It was worth a try.
I just hope that someday my young hellion will be nice and loving to all. That he will not karate chop others, go potty in the toliet at ALL times, and wear his shoes during all church meetings, and just be kind!!! Kellen, I love you, but honestly son, you are a stinker!!!!
One of my favorite books is "Love You Forever." The best part is this...
The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was two years old, and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves. He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator and he took his mother's watch and flushed it down the toilet. Sometimes his mother would say, "this kid is driving me CRAZY!"
But at night time, when that two-year-old was quiet, she opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed; and if he was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.
I totally relate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New Year
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