Yesterday

As far as the general things go....yesterday was a pretty good day. I decided to make lemon bars for my mom and grandmother (my mom's friend and my uncle are also there). Logan was a big help. He helped stir the eggs and powdered sugar. He got pretty pissed at me when I told him it was my turn to stir (I had to get the clumps out, and he just doesn't stir fast enough--hello, he's only 2)!!! My mom had one yesterday and said that they were really good..I had two of them, and my uncle Jim ended up eating three! My grandmother called me this morning to tell me thank you and that she thought they were really good. She said that she has already had three of them. I think I have found my secret weapon for making sure that she is eating....I may be doing a lot of baking!!! It may not be healthy but at least its something - she has lost TOO much weight.

As far as Logan goes...ughhhhh! He had a very hard day. He didn't want to take a bath, so he screamed and cried through the whole thing. He didn't want to get dressed. He didn't want to get out of the car once we got to Galveston. Then he didn't want to be at my grandmothers, then he didn't want to leave. IT was one thing after another...I thought I was going to lose it - until I heard my mother telling my dad on the phone how I was doing very well handling his tantrums....she even said, "She has a lot of patience, because if it were me, his ass would be black and blue by now!" I remember always getting spanked or whatever and I always said that it would only be a last resort so I was pretty proud of myself. I was in no way being a push over...but I let him throw the fit...then after a certain period of time I would pick him have a talk with him and if it got better, great. If not, he went to the corner in the other room! I was actually impressed that my discipline skills were working! Even if I did feel like I was the meanest mother ever yesterday....I also got a quick lesson in picking my battles.....after everything we went through yesterday, I decided that some of the stuff he was doing wasn't big enough to get on to him about!!!