Ridge has been sort of a mess lately. He's been going through a lot of mood swings and temper tantrums. Obviously that is par for the course for a three year old, be we've been noticing a lot of it has to do with Colton. Because Colton is still just learning to walk he demands a lot more attention from us than Ridge does. Everything seems to revolve around the little man these days. So we've decided that every so often one of us will spend an afternoon and have some special time with just Ridge.
S0 on Sunday afternoon, D took Colton along to one of her girlfriend's Christmas parties and Ridge and I spent the afternoon together. We re-enacted the epic Battle of Hoth in his bedroom with his army of Jedis and new Imperial AT-AT Walker. After that we suited up in our Clone Trooper outfits (a backpack and black knit hat) and headed to the park to fight Count Dooku's Droid Army. After flying countless dangerous missions in our Intergalactic trooper gunship (the jungle gym), we topped the afternoon off with a piece of chocolate cake the size of a car battery at the Seasons Restaurant. Can you say "sugar-high?"
A great day with my eldest and I really think the one-on-one with Daddy really helped. No tantrums or mood swings at-all. He was a perfect child for the rest of the day. Let's hope that attitude carries over into next week. Fingers crossed.
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