Yesterday the crew loaded up and we went with one of JJ's classmates to a really nice park about 30 minutes down the road. We were outside for all of 20 minutes and he got overheated. JJ does no sweat. He got this genetics from me and my MIL. I have to pump him with water non-stop to make sure he doesn't have heat stroke. So for him to be ready to go inside and sit down is something that is just unimaginable in most cases, but I have to listen to him so we went to CFA and played inside instead.
So since today its 105F, we are inside resting this afternoon. Resting. MJ is sleeping and JJ is watching a show on TV. But I have found that being inside as much as we are actually drives us all crazy. JJ tends to talk back more (what is it with 4yo boys?! He just automatically says the opposite of what I do!).
Yes vs. No. I'm not sure JJ understands the difference more than the fact that he knows it irritates me and his dad to no end when he wants to do the opposite of what we ask him to do. I also wish I knew how to teach him empathy. Our poor cats. I really don't want to go any further because some people would probably think they need to find a new home (and I wonder at times if it might be better for them!).
JJ will be 5 in August. I wish he would start understanding cause and effect more. I wish he would understand when he talks back he will get in trouble. Instead, it is a daily occurrence of the yes vs. no battle usually resulting in something he enjoys being lost. This is a painful phase. I hope and pray every morning when I get up that maybe, just maybe today will be the day he understands.
Summer, thankfully, is a short one. He will be going back to school the first full week of August. Time to start putting together that list of things to do inside to fill our time between now and then. CHEAP things. I wish napping would be one of them.
Ahhh.....gotta love cabin fever.
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