This morning I took the Jonas and Mason to Jonas' gymnastics class. Jonas does not want to go in without me and then even then he may not participate and he definitely won't participate unless I'm standing right by him. Mason on the other hand is right in all the action. Today I was a little frustrated with the boys when they wouldn't listen and follow instructions at the beginning of the class. Jonas was being goofy and laughing, but not obeying. About 3/4's of the way through the class he started to participate and then he had fun. I have talks with him about it and I'm trying to figure out how to get him engaged. He is definitely more of a homebody and has wanted to stay around me if we are out. This past Sunday he actually came to the Primary class I was subbing rather than his own.
Then this afternoon, Niko walked home from school with Porter. Niko is a boy from his class and we are watching him for the few days when his mom can't get away from work fast enough to pick him up after school. He is much more shy and reserved then Porter, but he super nice kid. I don't think Porter is always kind to him and he gets annoyed with Niko. I think it comes down to how Niko engages or doesn't engage that frustrates Porter. Well, something happened on the walk home and Porter got annoyed and punched Niko in the face. I was shocked and super sad when I heard what happened. You never want your kid to be the one causing pain or sadness for another kid. I am disappointed in Porter and David and I are trying to figure out how to deal with this. Porter doesn't appreciate the severity of what he did and does not take full responsibility for it. He still thinks its Niko's fault because he was being annoying. So far his punishment is that I will walk him to and from school the next few days and he is not allowed to have play dates the rest of the week. I am not sure what else we should do for him.
I am realizing that my boys are all out of control. Jonas has started hitting in the face and Mason is going to follow right in their footsteps. For some reason my kids all think that hitting is the way to solve problems. I'm hoping I can find a solution and help my boys to obey.
