Porter PMS.......Again

I have spent my morning screaming at Porter. He really has been getting better, but I guess he's still got a little left in him. In an earlier post, I described how boys have PMS, too, but instead of getting all emotional, they get destructive.

This morning, Porter pulled Hali's left over birthday cake out of the fridge while I was in the shower. I came downstairs to find cake smeared all over the floor and in my new carpet! And lying next to the cake container was a really large knife that we had used to cut the cake the previous evening. Lovely. I yelled and sent him to his room.

Oh, but that's not all!

After a while I let him out and then got on my computer to make out my grocery list. Again, I came down stairs to find that Porter had decided to make himself and Zoey some peanut butter and HONEY sandwiches. I had crumbled bread, smeared peanut butter and a large deposit (not anywhere near the sandwiches) of honey dumped on my table. I screamed some more, but realized that I was making no impression on him at all. I thought about banning him from the TV, taking away his toys and even spanking him, but really, that wouldn't faze him.
So, I did the worst thing I could possible think of to punish Porter and have him realize that I meant it.

I went to McDonald's and bought myself lunch and bought him NOTHING.

I know, I know. Many of you are calling social services right now, but I was desperate! He cried the whole way home. I think he thought that I was bluffing and I'd actually buy him a Happy Meal when I got there. And truthfully, I almost caved. But then he got this little smile when we drove up to the drive thru and my heart just hardened. So, now I have a really upset child and I couldn't really care less. Little stink.