Owen's New Favorite Thing

I know I haven't posted in a while because Owen hasn't really done anything outlandish recently.  Perhaps, he is maturing in his old age?  Doubtful, I know.  So, I figured I would post about Owen's new favorite activity.

I know it may be hard to believe, but Owen doesn't like to listen.  In fact, I'd go so far as to say Owen's least favorite thing to do is listen to his parents or Grandma or anyone else that is an authority figure.  So, when we are sitting at the dinner table and he's not eating, or feeding the dogs, or leaning back on his chair so it lands on the floor with a thud, or playing with toys at the table, or taunting his brother and sister, and we tell him he can either sit at the table or sit in his room, he chooses not to listen to us.  He continues with whatever it is he is doing that is not eating his dinner.  Then, either Peter or I will get up to move him to his room.

That's when he does his new favorite activity.  He runs away from us screaming NO!  Our living room has a circular path around our couch.  Owen uses this to his advantage and makes us chase him around and around, all the while screaming NO.  He doesn't say it.  He doesn't even slightly yell it.  He actually screams it, while he is running.  Are you kidding me?  And, of course, Peter and I chase him.  It usually takes us two or three times around the couch before we catch him.

Can you imagine that scene?  Owen has us, literally, running in circles.  And, he is laughing and screaming NO.  The worst part is that, at times, it is so ridiculous to me that I start laughing.  This is probably the reason he keeps doing it.  I just don't understand why he constantly has us on our toes.  Will this ever change?  And, when will that be?