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I guess we were sent Kosty as our humble wake-up call. Here we were (immaturely, but optimistically) thinking we were pretty decent at this whole parenting thing & had one angelic child, so we went ahead dreaming & planning for a BIG family. Then we got Kosty.

His latest stunts include/ but not limited to the following:

- Demanding his Elmo fork or Bee Movie spoon for every meal, refusing to eat otherwise, meaning I am washing those dang 2 utensils all day.

- Requesting snacks and meals that I ever so nicely prepare for him & he never even TOUCHES.

- As earlier mentioned, taking over our family room TV with Harry Potter or his other fave, Monster House ALL DAY LONG, forcing the rest of us into my bedroom if we even think we might want to watch something else, which usually doesn't sit well with the King, as he demands one of us right in there with him.

- Deciding that he likes to wash his own cereal bowls in the BATHROOM sink, dumping all excess soggy Kix and Cheerios in it. That is really fun to scoop out.

- Strapping him in his car seat & him lurching his chest forward like a psycho in a straight jacket & screaming, "TIGHT!!!!!!!!" even though its probably unsafely TOO loose.

- Running into his room and SLAMMING the door as hard as possible if he knows he did something wrong, or if he gets his feelings hurt.

- Dumping cups and cups full of water out of the bathtub until the bathroom is flooded, and so am I.

- Going to any store and him saying, "I don yike it, Michaels." (fill in the blank)

- Insisting on sitting on the counter right next to me when I cook, as he throws every utensil, pot, ingredient, paper, etc on the floor. (me telling him if he does it again he will go to time out, he smiles right at me with a sweet smile & hurls next item)

- Getting out of Time-Out, him saying "Niiiiccceee" in the sweetest voice you ever heard while he pets my hair, me falling for it, & then him deciding to pull another fast one.

- Him destroying his dinner by either:
a. putting every piece of food in his drink
b. turning his plate upside down
c. throwing it all on the floor

- Speaking of dinner, the other night we were eating, he took a drink & then leaned forward towards me (I sit across from him) with the cutest smile & then spit a mouthful of cold water right on my face & plate.

- After being rocked to sleep while he was sick (trying to be a comforting mom) now he screams, "ONE MO ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (one more rock in the chair) for at least an hour during bed & nap.

- Trying to get him dressed in the morning, him refusing to wear ANYTHING ("DON YIKE IT!!") I pick out, me giving up & then him choosing summer clothing/and or a tad too small clothing.

-unrolling all the toilet paper rolls & sometimes putting it all in the toilet too.

-when he is annoyed at me for no apparant reason, he will look at me and say, "Go Away!" I don't even know how he ever heard something so dang mean! Waaaaa! :(

Its really a good thing he is so cute or I would have dumped off a long time ago! Brayden has picked up on it too & calls himself Nephi and Kosty Lemuel! We really do love our Kosty, maybe he is the little fireball we needed in this family. Or maybe it is teaching me to be extremely grateful for my next kid, who I KNOW will be, HAS to be...A PERFECT ANGEL. (right?)