Today I have realized that I did a very bad thing when I started buying two of everything instead of teaching my children to share. Because after Ethan's birthday yesterday there are three toys that there are only one of and only one that the boys want. My grandparents bought Matt a rocket ship to keep him from being upset while Ethan was opening presents. Well now both boys only want that toy! Go figure. So taking advice from my wiser friend I decided to timer the toys. Who knew that my morning would be spent setting the timer and then fielding the screaming of the other child who didn't get the toy this time. So I took away the timer and sent the boys upstairs.
About two minutes later there is screaming from both boys. I wait downstairs praying to the Gods that it was a fight over a toy and one of them will move on. Well not quite. It was a collision over a toy. Now Ethan has a sorta bluish swollen eye and surprise Matt, the child with the hard head has....... you guessed it not a mark. After convincing Ethan that he does not need a band -aid I attempt to send them back upstairs. The whole time the are working their way up the stairs Ethan is trying to convince Matt to put his spaceship into the bag and they can "both" carry it. Matt's not buying it. So now I have both children downstairs, but alas no fighting, at least for the last 15 minutes.Please Mother Nature if you are reading this, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee let the sun shine again so I can take my kids outside.
