Great weekend with DH and SS4
We had a really enjoyable weekend with SS4! He was back to his normal polite, sweet self as if all the last couple of visits hadn't happened over the summer at all. DH and I suspect this is because school has started back.
He goes to a christian academy, very very small classes and the woman who teaches all the younger students is very strict about respect and manners. I am SO glad to see him acting like he did before he went those couple of weeks with just BMs family. Don't get me wrong, BMs family aren't terrible or anything like that. We are on pretty good terms. They are not neglectful or 'bad' people.. Just treat him like a little prince who never needs to pick up behind himself, use basic courtesies, things like that.
DH was definitely on the ball this weekend as well, got to give him props. We had a very bad storm this past week and had limbs all in the yard and a giant tree down smashed our fence 
He spent most of the day Saturday cleaning the yard, the gutter, he helped me reorganize the front room, made dinner and cooked brownies (I was walking around the house moaning about needing chocolate, and of course being too lazy to go to the store to get it)!!! He is on a roll.
Sorry, not really needing to vent. Just happy we had such a nice weekend together. Things are going really well and I am kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.....
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I wouldn't draw too many
I wouldn't draw too many conclusions from SS behaving a little badly over the holidays. Sometimes small children are naughty, no matter how well they are parented. Over the holidays the change of routine can be unsettling for younger children, even more so if they have additional changes of habit and routine between different households. That alone can account for changes in behaviour and deserves some understanding. It's quite possible that BM's parenting is not the issue and as there seems to be a reasonably good coparenting relationship between the two households I would try not to make assumptions or try to overcompensate for perceived lax parenting at the other house. Glad you had a good weekend.
Thanks! We do really have a
Thanks! We do really have a good parenting relationship with BM and her BF, so that certainly helps. I do agree with you about the change of routine because not only was it summer break, but the normal scheduled weekend visits were disrupted by him visiting BMs family for a few weeks out of state. I was so glad when he reverted back to his sweet self again.