What the Heck!!!

I am about FED UP with the little stomp my feet and ball my fists up attitude I am getting from my still only a 4 year old child! bedtime is hell. It is not fun at all. I think many parents can agree with me on this. But lately it seems to have been getting worse.
So I tell him tonight, at 9 PM (same as every night), that it is bedtime. Next thing I know the tears come and he is stompin his little feet up the stairs. I also notice his little hands are straight down at his side balled into little fists. He goes into the bathroom and locks himself in. Now this wouldn't have been such a big deal had he not pushed it closed when I tried opening it. So as he is walking to his room, after I had to loudly tell him to get out, I swatted his butt. He had jean shorts on and didn't even feel a thing but since he knew I did it he throws himself on his bed making this strange dinosaur noise and precedes to punch his bed.
What could be causing him this much anger? I mean I can understand at 13 when the world is a terrible place, but he is only 4 years old! He has not even hit puberty yet! What is going to happen when he starts sprouting hair in places and actually has something to be upset about because puberty makes him stink! I am a firm believer in spankings, so he of course had to get one spanking. But really, there has to be some sort of magic button to push to make this stop.  Please someone, tell me where the hell this button is because I just might have an anxiety attack times ten if this continues.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. this is not just a one time thing, and the balled up fists have me a bit concerned.

Frustrating

So, why is it that my son insists on lying and staying up WAY past bed time. OK, this would not be so bad if it did not consist of stomping around and then pretending to be asleep. The sneaking is driving me insane.
Last night I put him to bed and we go up there and he is sitting on his bed with his tent and about 15 different toys, IN THE DARK! Is this really necessary? I mean I can understand it, I sit in my room thinking of 100 different things before I finally pass out a few hours later. But the difference between that is that he is 4! OK, he will be 5 in October but still! I don't understand.
Or his new found passion of sneaking downstairs while mommy is asleep and sneaking food out of the refrigerators and then stuffing it into his drawers. He hides drinks behind his television and even leaves food on his windowsill. so when he started waking up with bug bites, curiosity got the best of me. Now I don't avoid my sons room, I don't keep him locked in a dungeon but I don't always go in and look in all the corners or under the bed (although looking back, I think I should).
So, here I sit trying to figure out why on earth my son thinks sneaking and hiding food is just the way to go. Especially considering half the food he sneaks (grapes and apples) are foods I would let him have anyways. How do I stop him from sneaking down when I am ASLEEP in the morning? Do  dead bolt his door, because I am almost certain that could be listed under child abuse... so i am a little lost here. HA!

Making Memories

When I was a little girl, not much older than my son is now, I went with my mom to see Lion King at the movie theaters. I remember crying when Mufasa was killed and crying because I was happy when Simba was king. So, this past Saturday we were at the mall and trying to think of some things to do, so we wound up at the theaters. The Lion King was just released for 2 weeks at the theaters in 3d and 2d. I hate 3d, it kills my eyes and scares my son so we went and watched Lion King. It was just like I was a little kid again except this time, I had my own little boy to enjoy it with. He laughed at the crazy monkey and surprisingly enough, he didn't cry when Mufasa died. We didn't get to see the very end because he had been drinking during the movie and he was about to burst so we missed when Simba's son was born but when we left he said "I suppose that was a good movie". Ha, son you suppose.
So I was so grateful to have the chance to make a memory with my own son that I had made with my mom. It just made my heart melt sitting in that theater with him. Knowing that this was a moment we would remember for the rest of our lives. He may not remember the day or exactly how old he was but he will remember sitting there watching that movie.

Emotions...

Today I picked my little guy up early from school and we went and got ice cream. We then came home and picked out a movie to all watch together. He chooses Astro Boy. Now I'm kinda thinking iT's going to be sad because it says the little boy dies but i keep my mouth shut because t wants to watch it. So the little boy dies and there's no tears phew. But then the father makes a robot that looks just like his son and then tells him he doesn't want him anymore because he's not really his son. I hear this sniff and i look over and my little guy is crying. Bless his sweet beautiful little soul. He said it was so sad the dad didn't want him and I had to tell him it would get better it was just a movie. So of course astro boy is superhero and saves the day and he tells me "that wasn't so boring after all". Ha the tears were not mentioned at all and he moved on. But that just goes to show how much he is like his mama crying during cartoon movies, hallmark commercials and happy endings. Oh no what have I done. Haha.

Styes in the eye...

My little guy woke up in the middle of the night last night crying. I never heard him but j did and he was complaining that his eye hurt. He went back tosleep and then this morning wakes up and his eye is swollen shut. Yesterday I noticed he had the deep red circles under his eyes but I thought maybe he had some peanut butter or something. Nope iy was because that lovely stye as about to join the world. Any magic cure alls? Because I sure feel bad when he's trying to look out his one good eye. He then tells me someone may have punchedhis eye. Ha great. I feel like I'm going to get a phone call today from school...

Silly sleepy conversations.

I wake T up yesterday morning and tell him if he gets his clothes on he can watch upside down show. He sits up saying "mommy I love that show, I don't know why but I could watch it all night " I tell him what a silly boy he is and to hurry and get dressed and i head downstairs to turn the tv on.
He then tells me "mommy I'm smart but sometimes I say dumb stuff". Ha hmm now where did this come from? I went to sleep early the night before since I wasn't feeling good and him and j did dinner on their own. Apparently T had saidbsokething. At dinner that he was dumb. J went on to tell him that no he was smart but sometimes he says dumb stuff. Awesome. Out of everything he says when he opens his eyes he chooses to talk about upside down show and how he says dumb stuff. Amazing.

Upside down show

Has anyone ever heard of the upside down show? It is on nick Jr at about 11pm. T was up late one night watching cartoons in his room, only nick Jr. I love that channel!  Cartoon network has shows like king of the hill on late at night and that don't fly with me. So anyways he is upstairs and i hear him laughing hysterically. I go up there and he is laying on his bed watching this strange show. It is 2 brothers and you have a remote and they ask you to push the pause button or rewind button and then they do what button you push.  Of course it is not a real remote but t thinks it's the best thing ever. This show has been a life saver. I recorded 2 at night and then in the morning he gets right out of bed and gets dressed so he can watch the upside down show. As silly as it is to me he loves it. And that's all that matters. So I guess I'll have to listen to 2 grown men act like a silly children while my son laughs hysterically.  I think that's a nice compromise.