The Good, the Bad and the Funny

Sparky's behavior has finally stabilized after several weeks of destructive and abusive tantrums which resulted in 3 new holes in the walls, a cracked door, ripped up window screen and broken garden lights. During the last 2 weeks, there have been only 2 tantrums.

On Monday, it took him 2 hours to get out of the car and go to his after-school program since he felt he shouldn't have to go on his day off. I sat in the parking lot with him while he raged, cussed, threw things around the car, hit the windows with the seatbelt buckle, called me names and then blamed me for the fact that his head and eyes hurt since I "got him mad and made him cry."

On Wednesday he ditched the bus driver and walked home instead. When I told him he had to go back to the bus and attend the after-school program, he scratched the car with a rock and hit it with his bandsticks. I followed Sparky back to school where the bus driver was looking for him, trailing all the other little bus-riders after him.

Yes, this was bad behavior and we both got a lecture from the program's director about the importance of meeting the bus driver directly after school, but he did get a "Caught Being Good" award two weeks in a row by the game room supervisor so he earned the privilege of standing on his chair after dinner to celebrate.

He was also recognized at school with the "Teacher's Choice Award" for outstanding academic improvement and performed in his first school band concert.

That's what we call a good week around here.
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Tonight the kids watched part of the sci-fi adventure movie Armageddon. I turned off the movie right after the space shuttle crash landed on the meteor, woke Sparky up and told him to go up to bed. He got up and started walking around looking for something.
"Where is it?" he asked.
What?
"I don't know where it is! Wait...can I just wear this?"
Where?
"In space!"
Huh?