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1 Boy - Whiney, rat-fink, hell bent on annoying, gets into everything, and LOVES to make messes. 2 years old with lots and lots of experience in annoying, headbutting, crying when he cannot get his way, and half potty trained.
1 Girl - Hormonal, screaming at the top of her lungs, takes 4 hours to clean up the livingroom, whines like a baby about everything, and will rat-fink on ya in a heart beat. Almost 9 years exerience in annoying you until you want to pull your hair out, not following directions worth a flip, knows how to be a reall good brat. Bonus!!... fully potty trained and knows how to dress herself, but not brush her hair.
rat fink... tattle-tell, snitch, and the list goes on and on and on and on....
I always have a bad day when those 2 are home at the same time!!! And worse if they both decide to wake up early and then it gets even worse as the day progresses!!!
UGGGHHH!!! Son just poured all of his sissy's crayons out in the livingroom floor. I think he done it because he is mad at her for being mean to him and not letting him in her room. And he knows I will make her pick them up. I might change that make him pick them up.
Well lookie there! I did not have to tell daughter to turn off the bathroom light after came out of the bathroom. Now, if I can just get her to stop being mean to her brother and actually get her to clean her room... then my day might be a little better.
But what gets me... is she will go over her granny's house and sit on the couch and watch tv and NEVER complain about being bored once! We have more cartoon channels and the same cartoon channels as the in-laws and daughter will say she is bored and has nothing to do! So I give her things to do and then I spend my day after her about doing the things I told her to do... like cleaning the living room... takes the girl 4 hours to clean it and it is just hers & her brothers toys she has to pick up. It is not like I am asking her to dust, vacuum, wipe the walls down and rearrage the furniture! I just asked her to get the stuff out of the floor, and it takes her 4 HOURS!!!!
OMG....wait til she is a teenager. You think this is bad now!!!! Muuuuuwahahahahaha!!!! You have NO IDEA!!! My 15 year old was just diagnosed with PMDD. Which as my doc says doesn't come as a surprise considering what your mother went thru. Gee thanks.
Tomorrow is a day to myself!!! One is gone to the new Harry Potter movie and staying the night at a friends...the other is going babysitting overnight!!!! The 18-21st they will be gone doing their Nanny thing!!!!
We need year round schooling in my district lol. I applaud the people that can home school their kids. I just wouldn't be able to do it.
OMG Kelsay has started that "im bored" thing too. It drives me crazy!!!I feel sorry for the kids when they get bored in the summer. During the school year their entire day is planned and structured, and even the afterschool times are taken up with homework and afterschool activities. When school gets out they can't wait to be free and do what they want, but it doesn't take long for that to get old. I can remember feeling that way too.
The only real words of advice I have for you guys, is whenever you can just drop everything and play with them. Let the house go, forget about the endless list of things you have to do and just be with them, tuned in 100%. My kids and I have so much fun playing together, and kids think adults really playing is about the coolest thing in the world. And the upside is, you get to be a kid again. You don't need expensive toys or video games to keep them happy, they will be happy if they just have you.
Sorry you're having such a rotten day! I know some days my boys (10&6) are just at each other constantly. I am (so far) super lucky with my almost 14yr old daughter though. She's really fun to be around...sure she has her hormonal days--but we get along really good.
Summertime is hard...my kids kinda have a schedule they have to follow-which can help. I let them sleep in the morning, but not past 9:30...then they have to have chores done by 1:00. They each have a chore chart they follow. Then they go to the swimming pool at 1:00...until 3:00 or 4:00. We live right next door, so if one wants to come home earlier they can. Then I get home at 5:00(after I pick up youngest from daycare) and we do running around if need be...supper, baths....bedtime!
HOpe your day gets better!!
My daughter seems to be even more bored when school is in session. She comes home and talks about how boring school was and then she complains about how boring being at home is.
On my b-day I asked hubby if we could go to the imagination station and let the kids play. Well, we were not even there 5 mins and my daughter said "It's boring here." Now mind you this is the place she use to cry to go play at when I was not doing well and could not walk up that hill and around in the mulch covered ground and sit on those hard benches for a long period of time, and now that I feel like I can do it, she says it is boring!? But let her nanny take her to the same place and sit on the bench and watch her play and she does not even mention the word "boring".
Joonie maybe you can sit down and talk with her about it. Ask her what's wrong and if she has any ideas to make things better for both of you. Let her know that you know she is frustrated and bored, but that she has to meet you halfway to make things better. You might get that typical kid reaction of "I don't know", but tell her to really think about it, and come back with some ideas of some fun things to do together. And it wouldn't hurt to tell her that it hurts your feelings when you try to do something special for her and she doesn't like it. I'm not talking about laying on heavy guilt, that's the worst thing a mom can do, but sometimes kids need to be reminded that parents have feelings too.
joonie,
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