today is ethan's thanksgiving program. i woke up with the warm fuzzies just thinking about watching my baby up there singing his little heart out. i imagined him up there with a big ol' smile on his face, lookin at me while he sings to me. oh i was so excited to wake him up. i walk into his room, sit on his bed, gently stroke his cheeks, bend over and kiss him. "ethan wake up, it's your thanksgiving program today" ohhh he's going to be so happy, just like me, right? he opens his eyes, makes the biggest frown i've ever seen and says "i don't WANT to go to school, i don't want to sing in that stupid program, it's stupid and i'm not going!!" *gasp* "what?? ethan, mommy is so excited to see you, don't you want to sing with all of your friends?" "NO, it's boring and stupid and i'm not doing it." "umm, yes you are ethan, mommy is looking forward to it, now get up and get dressed!" "no, mommy" *stiffening his whole body* now i'm trying to stay calm, this is a happy day, damnit, i'm NOT going to get mad. "ethan, get up right now and put your clothes on" "wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
oh lord jesus "why, ethan, why are you doing this to mommy?"
needless to say, the next 30 minutes were pure hell, him screaming and crying, me screaming and crying. meanwhile my oldest son is sitting back watching us both, just laughing and laughing, like "you all are cra-zay."
i could not get him to stop crying or get dressed so i finally got the greatest idea evah! i went and got my camera "i'm going to take a picture of you and show all your friends how you cry in the mornings." well, yah, that worked. he threw himself to the ground, buried his face into the carpet and wouldn't move. i rip him from the carpet, dress him,forcefully, and pick his ass up, drop his ass on the kitchen chair, make him a bowl of cereal as angrily as any mother ever has, told him to "you have 5 minutes to eat that cereal, brush your teeth, get your backpack and get your butt out the door, you will sing and you will smile at me the whole time you're singing, you got that ethan michael?"

*sigh* i just wanted to watch my baby sing the mutha fuckin turkey song, why did it have to get all ugly like this?