Oh My Stars!!!

I have NEVER felt so angry and dissapointed toward one of my children as I do today. Three words...Cooper Jay Trouble! I was on the phone with the bank for about 45 minutes today and sent Coop downstairs to play. When I got off the phone I went down stairs to cehck on him and WOW! He was havin some fun! Cooper had opened the three ginormous boxes (60 lbs. each)of Christmas presents that Carla sent for the boys. He had unwrapped most of the presents and had taken some...several toys out of their packaes and had played with them. I can't ever even get those packages opened up.

Ugggh! I sent him up to his room immediately and haven't heard from him since we had a short and not sweet discussion about what he had done. I am so frustrated. The first thouht that I had...well, not exactly the first thought, was I should take a picture of this...but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I had to get everything put up and back in the basement before Austen got home.I think he is probably asleep up there, but I don't even want to check riht now. I fiure I need to send up a peanut butter sandwich for his dinner at some point. Chris and I have some serious consequence discussing to do. Not having presents at Xmas would be most logical, but wouldn't be fair to Carla and Jack who so lovinggly bought those presents for him. And that is too far away...it won't be meaningful to him as a four year old. Any suggestions would be helpful. I am always up for creative and meaningful consequences. Somehow we have to make him realize the huge capacity of what he has done. I am reaching out to my teacher friends and all you moms for help! I am usually the queen of logical consequences. Today I am at a loss.