In Charge

So this morning Samuel woke up at 6:45 so before mommy left for work she told him that he was in charge. She thought it would be nice if I could get some extra sleep since I had not been sleeping well lately. A little later Samuel comes in and woke me up to tell me I need to sleep on the couch, I just replied in a little bit and laid back down. A little bit later Andy is screaming so I get up to see what was going on and Samuel is taking Andy's bean bag because he wants to make a boat but Andy did not want to. Samuel was being very forceful, more than he typically is and I was shocked. I made him stop and told him that Andy was laying on it first. With this I stayed up and noticed that their bowls were filled to the top with Cheerios. To find out since Samuel was in charge he decided to feel their bowls with "Tiger Cereal" and ate it on top of their typical breakfast and then added the Cheerios.

A little later Samuel tells me to do something, and I replied that it was not time for that, which he quickly snapped back that mommy said he was in charge today. Well this went on for a while and I thought I would observe how he managed to run the day, knowing that he would most likely imitate how I act and it was a bit disturbing. Instead of asking first he just went straight to telling for his lips frowning and his eyes in a mean face look. (typically I bark after 3 or 4 times of them not doing what I asked). He tried to send Andy to the Naughty spot because he would not give him a toy Andy was playing with. But he also was very helpful and took care of Andy pretty well during the day as well as me. :o)

But at nap time Samuel said they did not have to take a nap because he was in charge so we had a little talk and he decided that a little nap time would be good so he told Andy to go take a nap. :o) And a few minutes later Samuel went and joined him. When he got up he then told me politely to make them some diner and told me what he wanted. So they had chicken and home made baked chips that Samuel helped make. After it was done he went into the kitchen and got the cookies without asking me and just started dumping them into his bowl. I made him stop and he got mad at me because he was in charge and he got to choose the surprise for the day.

Well when mommy finally got home she asked how everything went and I told her she needs to ask Samuel since she left him in charge. To find out she just told Samuel he was in charge of taking care of Andy while Daddio rested. So she told him that Daddio was now in charge and that he needed to listen to me. A little upset Samuel came and set in the blue chare in the living room all upset like. I asked him what was amatter and he informed me that I was now in charge and he was not anymore because he abused it and got cookies and cheerios without asking Daddio first.

Poor guy, I think he will be a natural leader once we get a few of the kinks out but he enjoyed his day of being incharge. Hopefully I can start instealing better leadership and compassion skills and learn from this event myself.