I'm mean.

Oh Dharma your sooo mean!! Imagine having to put shoes on to go to school! What's happening at school today? What are they trying to avoid?? Is there something new going on? Just a thought.

Hey, P!

It's nothing like that...his Dad started night shift last night and Jake thinks that if he stays home he can play with dad all day.  It's just a change in rountine, that's all.  He went off to school quite happily a few minutes ago...he just tries to push the issue to see how far I'll go.

You think that you are mean?  I made my daughter eat breakfast this morning!  Can you believe that?  That was after I made her get out of bed and helped her get dressed.  My daughter is not a morning person at all.....

It's funny, I seem to be the only one who can get up with an alarm.  The alarm goes off at 5am.  I wake my husband up (he never hears it) and then he falls back asleep.  I then spend the next 20 minutes getting him out of bed.  He gets off to work.  I "nap" for about 1/2 hour, get myself ready then start the process of getting my daughter ready and out the door and on the bus.

Luckily, Tuesdays and Thursdays my Mom puts my daughter on the bus and I ride in to work with my husband, which gives me a much shorter day and less people to take care of. 

I hate Mondays.

You think that you are mean? I made my daughter eat breakfast this morning! Can you believe that? That was after I made her get out of bed

OOOh, you're vicious! 

LW - yeah, I got the speech as well.  'You should think yourself lucky that you even get to go to school when i was your age i was putting in a full day's hard work on the farm then i was coming home and looking after the family and i did all of it barefoot and in the snow because we were too poor for shoes and the weather was different back then and alls we had to eat was moldy bread and pigeon's milk and  i did it still even though i had pneumonia and was missing a leg...'

 

Yay! Schools in! That means I can go to restaurants and other food places for lunch without dealing with bratty teenagers or stupid children! No angsty kids on the buses, no "gangstas" in stores, its great.

What's also great is having a college that doesn't start until the end of the month.

I feel your pain Karen.  My 7yr old is not a morning person by any means.  The little one is excited about going to preschool so he voluntarily puts his shoes on.  Bath time is another phenomenon I have yet to figure out.  They resist like crazy getting in and then I can't get them out......what's up with that?!

The little one is excited about going to preschool so he voluntarily puts his shoes on.

That's right!  You little guy is in pre-school now, huh?  How's that going?  Are you enjoying having some time to yourself?  I cried when my boys both went off to school.....the house seemed really empty and hollow.

I just realized that next year I'll have a kid in Junior High.  That seems wrong - it seems like not too long agao I was changing her diapers and teaching her to walk.  How did this happen?  How did she get so big and grown up without my noticing?

I wish I had someone to wake me up and make me put my socks and shoes on and go to class... I can hardly do it on my own That means I hate myself, since I'm the one who ends up forcing me to do it! Oh, poor me!

J/K.

But I still would like a "Mommy" here!!

~Anne

he he he . . . we're all mean, dharma . . . we have an evil alliance. I was mean this morning because I made my kids eat oatmeal bars instead of cereal because they ate all the cereal over the weekend. I was mean for making them eat it, and evil because I failed to have the psychic ability to know exactly how many boxes of cereal they can go through in a week.

I am really an awful Mum....My son said ..."I hate you " the other day because I wouldn't let his Dad give him another bag of lollies....the first lot having led to him climbing the walls and revealing a hyper, grumpy side I would rather he not become used to.

When I want him to eat his veges and drink his milk I tell him how it is going to help him grow up big and strong like his Daddy....and he actually used that on me with the lollies saying they would... "Make me grow up big and strong!".........(I had and inner chuckle with that one...he really tried to convince me!)
I have tried to explain the difference between food that does help you grow and lollies that are full of too much sugar....it will probablly take a bit more explaining!

I was actually quite suprised and hurt to hear such harsh words coming from my little Angel.......

Dharma- you are evil! You better not get any worse or you might make your kids brush their teeth too.. Although knowing how mean you are you probably already make them!

My daughter has this thing of saying "You don't care about me, you only care about..." which you can fill in with "dogs", "Dad", "yourself", etc.  Well, yesterday morning I was trying to get her awake and dressed.  I swear she never opened her eyes until she was dressed and halfway down the stares.  But, as I was trying to get her dressed she said "You don't care about me, you only care about my pants".  I had a hard time controlling my laughter.

But, as I was trying to get her dressed she said "You don't care about me, you only care about my pants". I had a hard time controlling my laughter.

Haha....hahahahahahahahahahah!!!! 

There weren't any complaints in our house this morning, for once.

Texas: yes, we have formed and evil empire and are all in cahoots with one another.  There isn't a mom on the face of the planet who isn't part of our alliance...

Janders:  yes, I'm horrible.  I even ....you might want to brace yourself for this one, because this is really awful......I even make them take showers before they go to bed!!! Isn't that terrible?! They're going to grow up scarred because I made them go to school and keep their bodies clean....

 

That's right! You little guy is in pre-school now, huh? How's that going? Are you enjoying having some time to yourself? I cried when my boys both went off to school.....the house seemed really empty and hollow.

It is going well so far.  The first day was rough for me but he seemed fine with it.  I haven't been home much yet while he is at school so I don't have the "empty nest" feeling.  I have been filling the couple of free hours with errands and appointments (get to go to the dentist tomorrow, yay!).

I really do think we will have a third though.  I love the little bit of freedom but feel the need to have one more little person in our life before we get too old.  My little guys are so much fun!  The 4yr old has his first school picture tomorrow!

The 4yr old has his first school picture tomorrow!

Aww, how cute!  Will you share?

really do think we will have a third though

I'll get the knitting needles out at the ready, then...

 

Wow, look at all these mean parents. Oh, wait, I am one of them.

Oh yes. A card carrying member of the "I Hate You!" club.

I am nowhere near being able to join the "hated daddys club" yet (whew!), but I do have a friend with a six-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. The boy is still in the 2-to-3-word sentences phase, but apparently one of the things he will do (and oh, I wish you could hear the inflections on this!) when his daddy does something "bad" is, he'll go to his mom crying "Mommy, Mommy Mommy!!" all anxious and needy, then point to his dad and say "... Daddy." in a sad, accusatory tone.

Aww, how cute! Will you share?

If I can get my hands on a scanner and figure out how to post it

Wow, you would knit something for my bambino if I have one?!  Well I guess that settles it, I'll just have to have one more   Seriously, I can't get over what a generous, caring person you are.  My kids only have one auntie so having you as a cyber-auntie would be way cool!

Hugs to you cyber-sis!

Wow, you would knit something for my bambino if I have one?!

Of course I would!  I'll even knit hats and stuff for your boys now if you/they want.  I'm dying to knit a pink 'umbilical cord' hat (I did a blue one for Gideon's boy) and a matching pink blanket though......

Oh and hugs right back at you!