Today has been a bit crazy. But only just a bit I assure you.
First is Trevor and a handful of issues we’ve been having with him, with bad attitude being hands-down THE mother of all issues. I imagine this to be somewhat typical with 8-year-old boys to a certain extent, but it’s something Trevor has managed to turn into a perpetual nightmare. E-V-E-R-Y last bloody thing that is said to him or asked of him results in a major argument. He is the 8-year-old that knows it all and should be treated like royalty. For instance, if you tell him the earth is round he will spend the next half hour arguing with you that it’s not. Or if you ask him to do something really “horrible” like take his dinner dishes to the sink, it will result in a 15-minute rant about how everyone is so totally unfair to him and hates him and he has to do EVERYTHING.
Last night he didn’t want to come when I called him in for dinner, so I had to go outside after him. I was getting ready to physically drag him inside when he protested by taking off a flip-flop and throwing it up on the garage roof. (And just so you know…a flip-flop will nicely roll and bounce off of a 45-degree sloped roof, preventing the aggravation of getting out a ladder and climbing after it.)
Sooo anyway, today was the first day of school. Third grade for Trevor. Kindergarten for Aaron. Both boys were excited to get to school and everything was rolling along smoothly. Until, that is, Trevor had to use the bathroom as we were getting ready to head out the door. This shouldn’t usually be a problem, now should it?!?!? Well, at least not if Trevor isn’t involved. 
The toilet clogged. Instead of simply saying “Hey Mom, the toilet’s clogged” like he normally does so someone can come in and plunge, he decides to keep flushing. Because you never know, it may actually work. Ahem…well…it was actually VERY effective at flooding the entire bathroom floor in a matter of seconds right when we should have been climbing into the car for school drop-off. Needless to say, as a result, NOBODY in our house got out the door on time or in a good mood this morning.
On a positive note, though, the first day of school went really well for both of the boys. I was worried about Aaron all day (as the parent of any new kindergartener would) but he had a great first day and can’t wait to go back tomorrow. And of course, I’ve got to share a couple of first-day photos, right?!? 
Naturally, they were completely stoked. 
Have a good rest of the evening…and may your bathroom stay dry.
