One of those days

Eli's back to semi-sleeping-through-the-night (insert happy dance right here!) but going to bed continues to be an ordeal. Alas, I think I will suffer through the late bedtime in exchange for no 3 a.m. wake-up call!

This morning I got myself ready & informed Eli it was time to go to BigMama's. He put on his green boots and packed his golf cart as well as his bookbag. Apparently it was the kind of day when you need lots of toys in Eli's mind. Regardless, I eneded up committing the Biggest Mistake EVER and changed his pants before we left.

All. Out. Tantrum. My child then screamed his head off. "Eni Bag! Eni Hold dah bag! ENI HOLD DA BAG! ENI HOLD DA BAAAG!" repeated 867 times. He danced to the car, complete with arms flying and legs stomped as he recited his mantra about the bag. The wild thing is? He had the bag the entire time! The ENTIRE time!

He screamed to my car. He screamed the entire 15-minute ride to BigMama's & just because we were having such super fun I caught every single redlight from my street to my mom's. He screamed the entire walk to my mom's door. And apparently for good measure he screamed about five/ten minutes after I left. By the way did I mention he wanted to hold the bag? Ugh.

Lovely, no? I told my mom to give him some motrin and that I would be back to get him sometime next week. I really kinda half-meant it, too!

Is this three? Because it's getting OLD. And I'm losing my MIND.

Tonight as I went over all the tantrums I witnessed today - when I thought of how he had to take his cart all the way back to the door because it wasn't good enough Papa brought it to the car - I found myself wondering how I will ever survive this hell that is Eli Being Three.

And then? Just like the snap of your fingers - Eli comes up to my bed, says "scoot over mommy" and curls up next to me. He just wants to be with me. And he falls to sleep in the comfort of my side. They're so sweet when they're sleeping. I have to remember that sweet little boy the next time my patiences is pushed over the cliff, which by the look of the past week will be here in the next nine hours!