Today Daddy and I wanted to go to the mall and do a little shopping. We decided that we would take two strollers to help eliminate any whining. We told John that if he was really good while we were in the mall then he could go on a ride. Unfortunately we left the mall without a ride. But we did agree that John was a very good boy and should get rewarded for his good behavior. We stopped at Petsmart and picked him up a couple of new neon fish. Daddy let him hold the bag on our way home. We were almost home and we could hear him talking to the fish. I asked what was going on. And he replied “the fish are sad.” When we asked him why, he quickly responded with “they are going to miss their friends.” He then started talking right to the fish telling them that they would be ok and that they would have new things to play with in the big tank. I just love his little heart.

Later tonight, John was sitting next to me on the couch reading a book. Gillian wanted the book and before I realized it John took the book and pushed it against Gillian’s head. I immediately sent him to timeout. On his way there he threw Travis the turtle on the floor. He did his time and when he got released he said “Travis needs to stay in timeout for five minutes. He was bad. He told me to do it!” What am I supposed to do with that?