Valentine's Prep and a Tantrum

We had an interesting day.  It started off good enough.  We got ready and went to church.  We have had some issues with Luke in our Sunday School class lately.  He has been acting up and disrupting the class.  His teachers in the first hour say that he never gives them any trouble and that he is "the best one" they have in class.  Well, today was a doozey.  Luke acted up several times.  It is pretty bad when the teachers (us) have to put their own child in time out twice at church -- really?!?! He knocked one of the other children's blocks over after we repeatedly asked him not to.  While in time out he proceeded to cry, whine and otherwise disrupt the class. It was very close to the end so I asked Paul to take Luke to pick Katherine up and go to the car.  By the time I got to the car about 20 minutes later Luke was still crying and carrying on.  Paul said he created quite the spectacle leaving the building.  He pretty much had to drag Luke out of the building kicking and screaming while trying to carry Katherine and the diaper bag.  Because of Luke's behavior we missed the teacher luncheon and training session.

Luke got a spanking when we got home as well as a punishment of no TV for an entire week.  That might seem like a harsh punishment, but we gave him plenty of opportunity to behave better.  And, we have had this issue a couple of times before.  We have determined he can not stand to not have our attention.  He does not like it when we play with the other kids in the class.  So, we have made the decision to move him to another room.  It is not fair to him, us or the other kids in the room. 

After he settled down we had a long talk.  He apologized to Paul and I and said he would act better.  We are going to stick to the no TV punishment and see if that sinks in.

Once all that was behind us we moved on to more fun things like getting ready for Valentine's Day.  We decorated a box for Katherine's party and did both of their cards.  Luke started out writing his name on all the cards, but got tired of that quickly so I finished them up.  Here's hoping to an uneventful week...