I don't even know who I am anymore

My son has been having some issues lately with temper tantrums, crying and the like everytime something doesn't go his way.  He's been through a lot lately, and I do understand that life has been rough for the kids especially, but that does not mean that I am going to accept his bad behavior as part of life.

Anyway, this afternoon, he was playing a game on my laptop and got frustrated and slammed it shut.  As a punishment, he is not allowed to play on my laptop at all for a week.  Of course, more crying ensued, but on seeing that I was not going to give in, he went about finding something else to do.

I'm thinking he has decided to just get over it and next week he'd be back to playing with his new one hour a day time limit.  Well, apparently, he did not forget, but just decided to wait a bit to try his next angle.  We were sitting down watching tv together and he asks if no laptop means no games at all?

No, I replied, you can still play the Wii and your DS, but no laptop.

He looked right at me, smiled sadly and said, "I don't even know who I am anymore!"  Then giggled and ran away.

Hahaha, good one, but you're still not getting to play on the laptop.  You'll just have to invent a new AJ.

So, perhaps a new AJ will be forthcoming.  I'll have to keep you all posted on that. 

Looking a little thin?

So, it's Friday night, we've been busy all week trying to get packed up and moved into the new place.  Anyway, I'm frantic by now and have barely had time to think and working on shut-down mode, so I had Jaide make popcorn for bedtime snack.  It's relatively easy and I can hear when the popping slows down and make sure she gets it out in time.  So my son starts begging for his own bag.  My reply is, "No, one bag to share is enough."

"But Mom," he replies," I'm looking a little thin."  As he walks over sucking in his stomach so his ribs all show. 

Haha, fat chance I'll believe that!

And in case any were concerned, here is a recent pic of my little guy, who is obviously not starving!!  hahaha

Is your dad's mom our uncle?

This question from my son.  I think he's a bit confused about relatives!  lol  Let me say first, that my biological father passed away when I was a baby, so my children never had the chance to meet him, hence the reason they are not really sure of the relationship there, although they do know his side of the family as well.

Anyway, I looked at him like 'What?!  I think you need to rephrase that.'  So, on rephrasing he asks "I meant, is your dad our uncle?"

Hahaha.  I know it's Perry County and all, but no dear, my dad was not your uncle.  He would have been your grandpa.

Jaide, on thinking about this for a while, asks, "So is Geno (that's my mom's husband) our grandpa?"

"yes, kind of," I replied

Her answer, "Ewwwww!"

"What's wrong with Geno?"

"He's just Geno!"

Oh boy, do I have to get around to explaining what relatives are who to these two.  I would have been mortified if they'd asked that in public!  lol