It's been time out week for Joel. It started the other day with slamming the door while I was going to the bathroom. I don't know why he loves to do this. He coupled this with a "shut up, mumma". Then yesterday it was just an over abundance of shut ups. I think he was in time out for close to a half hour for that one. I don't bother with timing it; I tell him to come out of his room when he has settled down. He's usually ready to talk by then. I'm hoping for no time outs today, but we'll see. It's going to be a long day - Daddy's birthday, dinner, then pajama party at Grandma Gratton's. Here's to hoping.