Problem Child? Maybe.

Let me preface this posting by saying that I love my boys. However, I am afraid that based on Jennie's postings that you are getting the impression that our boys are somehow well behaved. I won't say that they are bad, especially Myles, but I will say that Dashiel could audition for a remake of the early 1990s film "Problem Child."

You may remember this film. The whole basis of the film was that John Ritter and his wife were unable to have a child, so some nuns con him into adopting a seven year-old named Junior who idolizes a serial killer and is fairly destructive. The tagline for the movie was the following: "Attila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once."

Now, I am not suggesting that Dashiel is as bad as the Problem Child, or that he is a problem child. But once he gets in sacrament meeting on Sunday mornings, I can't help but think that Attila the Hun and Ivan the Terrible were all two year-olds once. Or when he wakes up from a nap in a bad mood. Or when he feels that Myles is getting more attention than he merits. Or when he wants to watch Elmo or Bob the Builder and they are not on television. Or when I am typing on the computer and he wants to play games.

Ironically, Dashiel just rode his scooter over to me and told me, "I good," and handed me a small bouncy ball and told me, "Happy birthday." However, this posting will not be influenced by sweet talking or bribes. Dashiel is a wonderful, loving, cute, and, most importantly, totally out-of-control two year-old. And, I love him and his brother.