There is sweetness there

Hayden has been a complete BEAR the last couple weeks. He will have a great day and then the next two are horrendous. It's been the cycle all summer. I am chalking this up to this: He's bored! He was in preschool for two complete years and now he's been out for 3 months and he's getting plain old bored.
He is signed up for a new preschool, but it doesn't start for almost another month! Fingers crossed the weather starts a little cool down so we can do more outdoor things cuz we are going stir crazy. And that's another thing, I think the heat is wearing on us all. It brings out the crabbies.
So my reason for this post... Last night, H threw a fit because I wouldn't let him watch his "show" before bed. Initially I was going to let him. But, when I was talking to Buddy on the phone saying good night, H gets up from the couch, heads over to Prada who is just laying there, chewing her bone, and he full on kicks her and heads back to the couch. Well, the channel is changed, Good Night is said and a fit blows up.
I tell him what he did was so wrong he does not get a show and does not get a book. Then it's a fit to brush teeth, go potty and get to bed. All this with poor Maya looking at him like, "Dude, just do what she says so she doesn't yell at you. You know that's not fun."
I get him into bed, explaining a dozen times why there is no show and no book and pretty much threaten his life if he gets out of his bed and I hear any sort of peep. Sorry, I hadn't mentioned, it was not a good morning or afternoon either, so the day was already a mess.
Then this morning, this smiling boy comes downstairs, AFTER 7, says "Good morning, Mom." in a most joyous way and tells me this: "Mom, I made my bed just like you showed me! I did it all by myself!"
He was so happy and so stinking proud of himself, I almost cried when I went up and saw that he did indeed make his bed. He put the shams on too. He pulled the comforter up and layed out the sheet. The Dude has a queen bed, it's not an easy task.
This little gesture, made my anger fade away. It was a good day today.