Keep Tryin! Keep Tryin!

This evening after dinner, I followed Alex into his room to get him undressed for the shower and saw that his room was a toy disaster area. I told him that we would have to clean it up before Quiet Time and Story Time happened. When I got back into the room after the shower I noticed that he had also taken apart his train tracks. This set up is a PITA to put together because it's a descending circle built on towers of decreasing size. It took me at least an hour to figure it out the first time.

After asking him repeatedly if he wanted the circle gone and getting no answer, I decided to put it back together and discuss it with him the next day. I was mumbling and griping to myself while I tried to figure this thing out again, muttering things like 'Oh man, where does this go now?' and similar grumbles. Alex grabbed some of the tracks and came up to the table to put them back together with me and said 'Mama, don't give up. Keep trying.'

Then he broke into a song with those lyrics '...Don't give up. Keep tryy-ing. Don't give up...'

I told him that he was absolutely right. I should keep trying.

August 20, 2009