Ryan

Now Ryan is my boy of two very different personalities. He can be so sweet and loving one moment and then a screaming terror the next. For example:
Scenario #1: It was the day my dad was coming. I was really tired and not feeling the best but desperately needed to go to the store for the basics. Ryan could tell I wasn't at my best and insisted that I go lay down and sleep, "We don't need to go to the store right now, mom, you should go and take a nap." How thoughtful. However I did pull myself together and we got what we needed (though I will never let 2 kids have small shopping carts again!).
Scenario #2: Last week we got a note from Ry's school saying we needed to finish up shots or he couldn't come back. I knew there was 1 or 2 more that he needed (we had to wait 6 months since I got the first set in March), but had been putting it off because Ryan had mentioned more than once that he didn't want to get any more shots. Well, this morning I warned him, and then after school reminded him again that we had to go and get a couple shots so he could keep going to Kindergarten. Of course he didn't want to go, and made a bunch of protests, but they were all while he was under control of his emotions and he got in the car and then walked into the office without too much of a complaint. While we waited he cuddled up with me and read books. Once in the back office we found out it was only 1 shot and we were both happy. But then the nurse came back with said shot and Ryan lost it all. He SCREAMED, he PUNCHED, he KICKED, he was yelling things like, "I am going to kill you!" I couldn't help laughing but I was also crying. I felt so bad that he was SO worked up over a little shot. The poor nurse and I had to smother him as he pushed and yelled at us both. It was horrible. I was a mixture of embarrassed and mortified. He was so red in the face and shaking as he tried to push me away. As soon as it was over he face calmed a bit and he said, "It's over?" I wish I could have had that video taped. We would all laugh at it someday, not today though...his words are still echoing through my mind, and his poor face. Oh, Ryan.