One of my layouts for Design Team work on the AMM November Kit.

Journaling Reads:
Little boys don’t get to control much. They don’t get a say about when they go to bed or when they eat lunch. Sometimes they don’t even get to pick what they eat for lunch. They don’t get to decide when we go out and when we come back home. They can throw fits, but, in the end, they do what Mommy and Daddy want.

It must be frustrating to be trapped in a little body when you have demands of your own. I bet that’s why little boys love to control other people and get a reaction out of them. You’re no exception.

When you were little, I taught you the sign and sound for lions. Over time you made it your own and now you bend the tips of all your fingers and move your hand forward as if you're attacking me while you make the roaring sound. During one of our MyGym classes you were imitating a lion and the teacher acted like she got scared. You thought this was the funniest thing in the world and spent the rest of the class chasing her around and scaring her over and over again. For hours.

Months later, you still get a kick out of scaring us with your roar. Each time I have a tendency to get impatient, I remind myself that this is one of the few ways you get to have control and you deserve that much.

My little boy, with time, you’ll want to have more and more of a say in how you spend each moment of your life and I promise you that I will do my best to respect your wishes each step of the way.