The weather is warm! The kids are still naughty. ARGH.
Gabe is in mourning over the passing of Valentine's Day. He has asked me three times this morning if I'm sure it is over. Yep, buddy. Plus, you finished off all your candy for breakfast. It is sweet that he loved the holiday so much. He made me a lovely Valentine and gave hugs and kisses all day. I think it was partly motivated by the chocolate he was eating at will throughout the day. Totally understandable, I think.
We gave the kids sock monkeys, and they went nuts. I love that since I adore sock monkeys. Apparently, they, too, see the magic in them. I remember my sock monkey that my Aunt Hinda made me when I was a tiny girl. (I remember lots of my toys fondly, actually. Honey Doll, Black Ballerina Doll, Pillow the Bear, Mowgly the Orangutan.) I'm glad I found these monkeys for my kids, because I had actually researched how to make them. This is way easier.
The warm weather is SO liberating. I actually took the kids to the park after school yesterday. Unfortunately, there was still ugly behavior, but at least sitting next to a little girl wailing like she is being stung by bees for 20 minutes because she hit her sister and can't play anymore is done in a more pleasant environment. Seriously, the hammer is about to come down on these kids. The backtalk is outrageous. I asked one of them to hurry up her morning business because they were running late, and she lectured me on it being too early to move any faster. Timeout after school. I am totally looking forward to reminding her as soon as she walks in the door.
That reminds me of when I would be punished by losing my after-school snack in elementary school. I would draaaaaaaaag my feet home from the bus stop dreading getting home. I don't know why I thought walking down the street for half an hour would lessen the pain of a snackless afternoon, but I just couldn't bear it. And half the time mom would forget anyways.
Oops, I gotta go. Blueberry (Gabe's sock monkey) is dangling from a chair and hollering for Gabey's mommy to save him. Love it.
4 comments:
I never had a sock monkey ... I want photos!
it must be in the air - my kids are rotten too.
I want my sweet, happy, good-sleepers back pronto.
Lori - I put a pic on my sidebar for you.
Love Sock Monkeys!! Sorry about the kids - I feel your pain and I really can't wait for fall! 6 hours every day - no fighting, whining, or talking back!
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