He Does Like Yelling

Joey woke up from his nap today and was... a little odd. He's often grumpy when he wakes up; he grunts and growls at us when we go in to get him, and he scowls something fierce. Today, though...

I asked him if he wanted to come downstairs; he declined. That's ok, he often wants a couple of minutes on his own before he comes downstairs on his own. Sure enough, he came to the top of the stairs a few minutes later, still growling. Julie picked him up and carried him down...
...and he started crying. Wailing, really, howling. After 10 minutes or so, I asked him if he wanted to go back to his room. He said yes, and we went up and he sat on his bed in the dark with the door closed (all his requests). He continued to cry.

I asked him if was ready to come down; he very calmly told me that he wasn't, and that he wanted some more time. I said ok, closed the door again and he immediately burst into tears. I opened it quickly to see what was wrong, but when I asked, he again told me - very calmly still - that he wasn't ready yet. "Do you just want to cry?" I asked. "Yes," he said, and the wailing began anew.

He did that for about 20 minutes, then came down all sunshine and lollipops.

Kids are weird.