Is Spring Almost Here?

The past couple of weeks have been busy, as always! I love busy though, that means there's things to do, people to see.
Who ever said "terrible twos" was off by a year. I will take a 2-year-old any day of the week over a 3-year-old. WOW, Tyler has been trying me lately!!! I very much remember telling people that 3's were way worse than 2's when Cody was that age, but I think Tyler may win a prize for the oneriest 3-year-old!! I worry about him: "Don't touch that pan, it's hot." Immediately he touches the pan. "Do you liked to be spanked?" "No." "Then stop doing that to your brother." or "Then stop hitting the TV." or "Then stop hitting mom." or "Then stop calling people names." (his favorite being "weirdo") or "Then quit stepping on things." (like toys that will break, his brother, his mom, food he spilled on the carpet, etc.) seriously, I could make a chapter book with just this theme. But I will not bore you with the details. Suffice it to say, I think the kid really does like to be spanked or has no feeling in his butt. So I am currently looking into different methods of punishment. Even though I am a firm believer in spanking and fervantly wish more people would do this to their kids, there would be a hell of a lot more respect from the current generation and the coming ones for authority. (but that is my soap box and I will step off of it for a bit)
Cody, as most of you know, is doing a "Read-a-Thon" (thank you to those who sponsored him) through school this month. The first week, he (me) collected sponors/pledges, then starting last Sunday he has two weeks to read as much as he can. The goal being 300 minutes or 5 hours. The kid has a competitive streak (of which I'm not sure where he got it........ :)), he has already read 310 minutes and still has over a week left. I am very proud of him, he's really doing good. His favorite books are sea creature books: sharks, dolphins, polar animals, etc. Speaking of Cody, I need to sign off and go get him from school. He stayed home this morning sick, he has a cough that he can't shake, but by lunch time he couldn't handle not being there, so I rubbed Vapor rub on his feet game him a cough lasange(sp) and took him to school. So I'm off, sorry about spelling and grammer, I don't have time to check it! :)