My patience is super slim today and I don't know why.
Spent my day with Prince Charming and HRH #2 (the youngest). Lately HRH2 has been UNBEARABLE...as in whatdayisitdearGodwhatdoIdowithyounow!! I try to affectionately explain to Prince Charming that he is "finding his voice". That's a load of crap though...he's just being a demanding and tantruming and I need a drink.
To a certain extent maybe he is "finding his voice". The child does not have his brother's size on his side. He's my teeny tiny boy. My Precious Moments gorgeous brown eyed child (not my words...I have been stopped in stores and told this). He can make your heart melt...until he speaks. He's a brilliantly funny child and Jr. King of the One Liners (his grandfather in heaven would be proud) but he is now discovering that contrary behavior is the new black and he is wearing it like I wear stilettos. I say red he says blue just because he can. I say no and he butchers me into submission like no one I've ever seen. He makes me laugh daily and is super smart and super quick. He has ZERO fear of anything or anyone (except the dark...battle lines are drawn if it's dark). He finds humor in everything around him and doesn't believe that there is any bad in the world. This little tiny body and huge opinion voice. It's not often he wants his Mommy as he is fiercely independent so when he offers hugs they are to be taken or there would be no love for the Momma. I see other parents at school and they all tell me how HRH2 is the King of the Hill and the Talk of the Class. I need to teach him how to wear that like a cape...a super hero cape preferably, but then he will inevitably jump off of something whether I let him or not. Nothing will stop him...not even me the Evil Princess of Mommydom and Prince Charming...though I have to give him credit where its due...Prince Charming was like Prince Albert of Monaco; a confirmed bachelor. He has taken the reins of stepfatherdom with a passion I can't believe or have seen in any man short of my own stepfather...He wants to know everything and be everywhere and HRH2 is a very worthy opponent. He would open a vein for my sons and in that I am blessed. He plays good cop to my bad and takes on the conversations that I don't want to have (when they come up in my palace) being their mom and a girl. The arguments are sometimes comical in my house and sometimes I'm not sure who is 5 but it's a learning experience and I would have to give Prince Charming a very strong B+ to an A- more for effort than execution. Though Tubby Time was mildly successful tonight in that the child is clean. Don't look too hard though...
I don't remember HRH1 EVER being like this. HRH1 is my charitable child, my heart and soul, my firstborn, my super talented yet non humble brooding soul (think starving artist). He will be the gentle giant. HRH1 sees stories in colors and hears the words to songs and understands things in more than black and white or face value. He roots for the underdog. He will give you the confidence he should keep for himself. I worry for him more than for HRH2. HRH1 has battled and fought and struggled and he's so brilliant and bright but just doesn't know where he fits in the world. He's the one I want to protect and keep. He's the sensitive soul that will find the good in even the most horrid of people. He is kind and faithful. He has is moments of rage and impatience that any 11 year old child has and he loves his video games and NERF guns as much as any other kid but he truly worries what people think of him. I can teach him not to care (cause really who would know better than me...I could sell tabloids apparently) but he always will care. He just wants to be loved. He is always willing to hug or compliment or anything.
Right now if I had to chose a child that was "finding his voice" it would have to be HRH1. I think HRH2 found his already and will take on the world (unless its dark out...reference battle lines).
HRH2 just announced he's going upstairs to get some grub...yep that's my kid...Heir Apparent to the Sarcasm Fortune. I would post the Leaning Crown of Underwear Hat here but it's on my Facebook if you'd like a visual...
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