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Ugh. I am too tired to put any pictures on here again. Soon though.

This afternoon went well with the schedule as well. What a difference. Who knew it could be so simple? Not that we didn't have any tantrums or defiance, but I was better able to handle it because the a.m. went so smoothly, and because I had time to myself in the morning before the boys got up. Thank goodness getting up so early was so rewarding. I'm not dreading it tomorrow.

Maddox ate a great supper tonight. Hurray! He had his snack in the time i wanted him to (I have a 1/2 hour leeway for snack..he refused the snack at first, but realized if he wanted to eat something, he had to eat what I offered...which by the way is one of his favorite snacks...the joys of being 2.)

He kept referring to his schedule and carrying it around, even to the point of folding it up and putting it in his "pocket"(the waistband of his sweats). I hope things continue on this way. He still didn't fall asleep until almost 10:00, BUT he wasn't screaming or crying the whole time. Just the last 15 minutes and when Craig went to help him out he asked to be put in the crib ( he hasn't asked for that in a looooong time). I'm sure it will take a while for him to fall asleep early after staying up so late for so long.

The other great thing, because the day went so well, I wasn't as stressed when he didn't fall asleep right away. Glory Day! Thank you God!!! Praying this continues and thank you for the prayers for us over here. The "no TV " thing went well, but only because my nephews came over during the time of the shows he would watch. Tomorrow could be a lot different.

The other neat thing about the schedule, was Maddox was retelling his day at bedtime while referring to his schedule. What a great way for him to talk about things he has done and for me to understand him! happy sigh. I really, really, really hope tomorrow goes as well. i may need to lower my expectations a bit.

The other "change" we are working on is how Mason and Maddox interact with each other. It has been horrendous (spelling?) lately. So, we are taking a week off of school (not completely but really doing less) to work on getting along and how to play with each other. It's "Brother Bootcamp". They just don't know how to play with each other. Maddox is 2 and well, you know how that goes, and Mason expects Maddox to act like a 7 year old and play like one and put the two together and we have the 4th of July over here. All. The. Time.

I know they are not going to be "perfect" and I'm not even going for that, but to be honest, I think I have been just expecting them to get along and leaving them to each other because I have been so tired. And they have fallen into this horrible thing. Hopefully Maddox won't be as destructive as he gets more sleep and hopefully Mason will be able to alter his expectations of Maddox when he is playing with him. We'll see. But I am really trying to be intentional about this to get a handle on it.

Lots of changes going on around here. Time will tell if they are for the better, but I really hope so!