and a nap gone wrong

So...this is my lil pirate at 9p last night....after his 5p sofa nap...wide awake.  I made him a peanut butter & jelly sandwich.  We brushed his teeth.  We read a book.  I went to bed.  He came in at midnight, still wide awake.  Telling me there was a monkey in his room...

I put him back in his bed & locked the door this time (we switched the lock around).  I went back to bed.  I woke up at 3a and he was finally sleeping.  Until 6:15a, that is.

You can imagine the day we had....not so good.  I put him in his room at 12:45p.  He started screaming at 1:30p.  By 2:45p he was pounding on the door so I had Luci go up & let him out.  She came down to let me know he had broken his closet doors.  Awesome.  

And then?  Asleep on the sofa at 4p.  How did I get him up for dinner?  I told him he could eat ice cream if he'd go sit at the table.  It worked.  At least he woke up...but he pretty much screamed until bed time.  And after bed time.

I was putting his clean clothes away as he climbed into bed.  Our conversation went like this...
gus:  why are you putting my clothes away?  are they clean?
me:  yep.  it's my job to make sure you have clean clothes to wear.
gus:  what's my job?
me:  to play, to eat healthy food, to be kind & to be a good listener.  did you do your job today?  were you a good listener?
gus:  um....not so much a good listener.
me:  will you try harder tomorrow?  
gus:  yes.  
me:  what will you try hard to do better?
gus:  FIGHT (with his tough guy scrunched up face).

*sigh*  he is without a doubt my most challenging pea these days.  three is a tough age.