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a wake-up at 0430

I was pretending to be asleep this morning when David got up at 4:30am. He comes over, taps me on the shoulder… “Dad, what time do I have to be up for school…?” I told him “6:30” so he went back to bed. just as easy as could be. this never happens. 🙂 No, I am not naive enough to think that he is suddenly going to stop roaming the house and stealing things in the wee hours of the night. All the same though, it was pretty neat. Why was I pretending to be asleep instead of actually sleeping? David gets up and frequently gets into things that aren’t his. So I was hoping to observe him returning to his bed with whatever device he stole from his siblings. It is easier and far less time consuming to catch him in the act than it is to convince him

ugggh, calgon take me away

Anyone remember that commercial? I feel like that lady tonight. No, I am not going to caress myself with bubble bath. I am not a lady at all. I am a stay at home dad. hear me roar… {meow} David is in full form tonight. He chopped the cord from a keyboard, he stole keys to doors on the house, one we found, the other… not yet. in due time. Last night he broke into the upstairs of our house and stole his brothers Nintendo DSI. He stole all of the double A batteries out of our bedroom. What else… His school teachers described him as “very verbal” today. Yeah… you could say that. He has been talking incessantly for four hours. and if he thinks that you aren’t listening he will repeat the same thing over and over again for half an hour or more. What else… in our

long night and early morning

Well, I was up until almost 3am with David. then he woke up at 4. for the day. it is now 7am. He is very hyper today. Sent a note about it to the school. Good luck to them. That sounds harsh I know. He just left for school. I am going back to bed. there has to be more than this. Tweet #fighting4answrs