I had to get up at 4 in the morning to drive my mom to the airport, and Alex was up most of the night coughing then up from the time I left at 4:30. Point being he was VERY tired when he got home from school and just wanted to lay on the couch and watch a little tv. This actually worked out well because I had a bunch of kids over playing outside and I could keep an eye on them while making dinner. Did I actually think it would last? In the middle of peeling potatoes I called his name a couple times with no response. I panicked, knowing how unpredictable he can be when he is over tired, and as I went to drop everything and run outside I sliced my thumb open.

He was outside and wanted to join in the game, which is great, but he broke the rule AGAIN about going outside without telling an adult. So when he plays capture the flag, I play capture the flag - it's the whole one step behind him thing. He gets really annoyed with me when I do this - he actually yelled at me, "stop following me around mom!" Ugh, leave me alone with my friends!" I fell bad having to do this, especially when he does great, but it is always the one minute I let my guard down that he does something unacceptable and usually not so nice, whether intentional or not.

Like the other day when I was at my friend Shayna's house and he wanted to see the dogs which were purposely left in the fenced in backyard because one of them has a tendency to run away when she gets loose. He really wanted to see and pet them so he did what he wanted to do and opened the gate. Well, she got loose and ran away which caused chaos and embarrassment for me.

My finger ended up bleeding for almost an hour and still hurts today. I'll just add it to my long list of war wounds!