Calvin's craziness

Calvin is changing so much lately.  In his speech which is now completely understandable, to his personality, which is verging on crazy.  He is 100% boy, loves to throw and smack things.  He seems to enjoy being upside down.  He also loves playing computer games and movies...things which I turn to when I need him to be still for a few moments.  Otherwise, he loves preschool (and can't wait to be the leader and bring the snack EVERY single time he goes), being tickled, coloring, playing PuzzleBuzz magazine games/puzzles, zooming around his blue airplane, clutching and sleeping with this blue blanket and yellow race car, and enjoys playing with Violet when he gets home from school.  They stick ropes in their pants and pretend they have long tails, and pretend to be baby wolves.

He could also really benefit from a good nap in the afternoon, because towards the middle of the afternoon, he gets really whiny, and 3 out of 10 trips to pick up Violet from school result in him falling asleep in his car seat.  He'll sleep for 2 hrs if I leave him in the car.  It wrecks his bedtime, however, and he ends up bouncing off the walls and not settling down that well going to bed if he naps during the day. 

We are currently working on helping him deal with his emotions.  His default when upset is to scream at the top of his lungs very, very loudly.  He is praised for coming to us telling us about a problem with out freaking out.  And he's also testing his limits, and has been getting lots of spanking lately for being disobedient and deliberately doing things that will make Violet upset.  It amazes me how quickly he can go from one end of the spectrum of emotions to the other.  Sometimes if he is upset, I will wait 15 seconds, and if he doesn't start giggling, I know something is wrong.

I found him in a cardboard box upside down the other day, and watching a Thomas movie upside down as well.