How to express one's self gracefully

It's been quite awhile since I've blogged, oops! I originally started b/c I thought this would help me write down my thoughts instead of always expressing them verbally. This truly has been a challenge for me.
I've learned a lot about myself through my marriage. Unfortunately, patience was never a practice in my family while growing up, but Mike and I, (more me than Mike) have tried diligiently to become more patient, graceful parents, friends and spouses.
Today, Josh has put my patience to the test! In fact, right now he is trying to convince me that he woke up from his nap. Silly me, I didn't realize you could sing and sleep :) ! I've tried taking away his juice and Lighting McQueen (yep, I said it), but he seemed Okay with both, infact he handed them to me. There's a part of me that thinks he may be over naps, but that quickly disapates when he lays on the couch and says he's tired.
I've read articles that tell you to keep bringing them back to their beds. Clearly these authors have never met my son, b/c I tried that for his bed time and it literally took months to get him to stay in his bed.
It's funny how the smallest things sometimes seem the most tramatic... until we forget about them an hour later :)
Sometimes I just have to laugh b/c it really is a silly situation!!!