Well, according to our children we do.
The last few days have been all about crime and punishment.
There has been much drama. Much sighing and sobbing and chucking stuff around.
And that was just me!
Heh.
And if one more person says it is them just ‘mirroring’ us and that is the tone they hear ……well……they will get MORE than a time out let me tell you.
We are extremely bitter that all the same threats and dire parental rages that we witnessed and feared from our own parents cause NO reaction in our own smart alec kids.
Let’s just say that the boundaries have been tested to their stretchiest and we have had enough.
This is now a video game free zone. Even CH has been banned from the X-box unless he can prove that all children are asleep and safe in their beds.
The mom has spoken.
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The charity shops will be happy this week. I have managed to donate now 4 garbage bags full of good mom clothes and baby and toddler clothing. I am hoping to survive till the spring and see if I can sell some stuff at all the flea markets and so on.
I also said goodbye to our high chair, stroller and play pen. Sniff Sniff.
It was worth it for the space we now have again in Caity’s closet.
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And the geriatric cat living in our bedroom has decided that this is no longer suitable and is now trashing her little sleeping space, sleeping in her kitty litter and pooping in Caity’s room!
Great.
More on the pet front. Callie is on antibiotics for a bacterial infection on her skin. She has picked this up from either too much rubbing and or is a symptom of allergies.
The vet suggested we start cooking her special food.
Just what I need. ANOTHER fussy eater.
In the meantime…mealtime for the dog means that I have to pour some flax seed oil on her food, break up a pill and a half onto that food and then hide it all with some human food. Tinned noodles work really well. Every meal.
And I was told that I need to use a conditioner when washing her. No doubt my expensive salon stuff.
Roll on Monday
So, tell the truth. Are you waiting until they’re all out of the room and then turning on all of the game consoles, kicking some ninja butt and becoming a lego jedi, only to shut it off upon their return, with a stern face?
Geriatric cat may be starting her journey over the Rainbow Bridge.
We haven’t started the video game routine yet so I’ll look forward to watching and learning from you pioneers!
Oh my, will the fun never end??
Sounds like Mommy and Daddy need a time out — in like – Figi or someplace?
Oh man. I am stealing that line “The mom has spoken”
Around here I going batshit crazy as well. No help NADA.Wahhh!
Oh Crunchy…..the holiday is when???? Not soon enough by the sounds of things…
oh sweetheart! I’m with you, I had two rotten days with my boys this weekend, and one of them was my 3 year olds birthday. praying for you
When I die I want to come back as one of your pets. I would like some wine with dinner, though. LOL!!
Can I tell you a secret? I LOVE taking the video games away. I love the frantic look in their eyes, the creative bartering, the wismsical, lusty glances at where the Wii sits, collecting dust.
We are 3 days into a 7 day ban. It just gets better every day!