After the lighter incident the whole remainder of the evening was kind of a downhill slide for Younger Boy.

When he is on a downhill slide he is the kind of kid who has to hit the bottom before he can turn it around and even then he needs to wallow at the bottom for a while sometimes.

He was basically throwing a toddler-like temper tantrum for the remainder of the evening.

He didn't like what we were having for dinner so he just threw his away and stood in the pantry talking about how no one loves him enough to make food for him that he likes.  Doesn't matter that just last week he said this was his "favorite meal ever".

He couldn't find the right kind of pen to do his homework.  He didn't have the right kind of paper.

Someone must have taken things out of his backpack.

Finally...I just put an end to it and had him take a shower and head for bed.

I sat in his room with him until he fell asleep.

Praying tomorrow is a better day.