so this year, ozzy is really starting to get the whole Santa thing (sometimes he calls him Christmas Claus). i asked ozzy what he'd like santa to bring him for christmas and he immediately pipes up, "i want iphone!" but then other times when i ask him, he says, "trains." (ho hum. really? another one?) last night ozzy stood in his bedroom, dumping out a deluge of trains all over the floor, and lamented, "i dont have enough. i dont have enough trains." i counted 40+ on the floor (and that's just the Take Along Thomas set, not including the geotrax, wooden thomas, and Tomy Thomas trains). how many does he think he needs before he has reached "enough"??? maybe he's trying to fill a void in his life...filling them with trains. i guess better this than drugs, drinking, or a Barney addiction.
ozzy will be 29 months old this week. and you know the stuff that makes Twos so terrible? the self centeredness, difficulty sharing/possessiveness, clearly preferring only one adult (i want mommy. only mommy), easily frustrated, impulsive, pushes/shoves, food jags, insistence on routines, extreme emotional outbursts...well, he's eyeball deep in it now.
of course while rob and i appreciate that these are age-appropriate behaviors, we are keen on teaching him that these are not acceptable behaviors in the long run (with the understanding that nothing will change until he is developmentally ready...which is sometimes hard to keep in mind because he's so verbal for his age, we forget that he is still only two and not able to control his emotions/impulses enough to just use words to get his needs met when he is upset or excited. despite his facility with words at any given time, he still has difficulty 'finding his words', as they say at his preschool, when he's geared up, and he will act very much like a two year old then.)
so lately, when ozzy pulls out one of his terrible two-ness, mainly refusing to follow my directions, i point out that Arthur is watching and is going to report back to Santa. Arthur, btw, is our Elf on the Shelf. he is watching and reporting back to Santa every night. our elf is very calm and easy going. he doesnt get into antics while we are asleep; he is terribly shy. he shows up at different places every morning when he returns from the NP to continue to keep an eye on mimi and ozzy. (mimi says, "i sure hope he doesn't show up in the bathroom. cuz that would make me feel really weird when i'm in there.")
when our elf arrived, he just showed up one evening in front of our fire place when no one was looking. and he came with a book explaining what we were supposed to do. the first step was to name him. ozzy suggested the name "Arthur" and mimi really liked it, so we named him Arthur.
so anyway, the first few times i told him Arthur was watching, it wasnt getting the reaction i was hoping for. so then i get an email from Portable North Pole alerting me that it is back up online again this year and ready for personalized messages. so i set one up for ozzy. he watches it, eyes widening when santa calls him by name and shows him his 'page' in his book (i couldnt get PNP to recognize his name, so i had to go w/Austin, but he didnt notice)
http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/guest/9m6QXNLiOclmXcujjKzsfA
and then santa tells him that he needs to listen to his mommy and daddy, and i assert that Arthur will report back and THEN this look comes over his face...a look that almost looks scared? guilty? i admit that i felt a feeling of bubbling elation from the small victory and with a smile, i gave my boy a hug and sent him on his way, looking slightly confused about what just happened.
ozzy will be 29 months old this week. and you know the stuff that makes Twos so terrible? the self centeredness, difficulty sharing/possessiveness, clearly preferring only one adult (i want mommy. only mommy), easily frustrated, impulsive, pushes/shoves, food jags, insistence on routines, extreme emotional outbursts...well, he's eyeball deep in it now.
of course while rob and i appreciate that these are age-appropriate behaviors, we are keen on teaching him that these are not acceptable behaviors in the long run (with the understanding that nothing will change until he is developmentally ready...which is sometimes hard to keep in mind because he's so verbal for his age, we forget that he is still only two and not able to control his emotions/impulses enough to just use words to get his needs met when he is upset or excited. despite his facility with words at any given time, he still has difficulty 'finding his words', as they say at his preschool, when he's geared up, and he will act very much like a two year old then.)
so lately, when ozzy pulls out one of his terrible two-ness, mainly refusing to follow my directions, i point out that Arthur is watching and is going to report back to Santa. Arthur, btw, is our Elf on the Shelf. he is watching and reporting back to Santa every night. our elf is very calm and easy going. he doesnt get into antics while we are asleep; he is terribly shy. he shows up at different places every morning when he returns from the NP to continue to keep an eye on mimi and ozzy. (mimi says, "i sure hope he doesn't show up in the bathroom. cuz that would make me feel really weird when i'm in there.")
when our elf arrived, he just showed up one evening in front of our fire place when no one was looking. and he came with a book explaining what we were supposed to do. the first step was to name him. ozzy suggested the name "Arthur" and mimi really liked it, so we named him Arthur.
so anyway, the first few times i told him Arthur was watching, it wasnt getting the reaction i was hoping for. so then i get an email from Portable North Pole alerting me that it is back up online again this year and ready for personalized messages. so i set one up for ozzy. he watches it, eyes widening when santa calls him by name and shows him his 'page' in his book (i couldnt get PNP to recognize his name, so i had to go w/Austin, but he didnt notice)
and then santa tells him that he needs to listen to his mommy and daddy, and i assert that Arthur will report back and THEN this look comes over his face...a look that almost looks scared? guilty? i admit that i felt a feeling of bubbling elation from the small victory and with a smile, i gave my boy a hug and sent him on his way, looking slightly confused about what just happened.
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