This afternoon I told the girls when they got home from school that I was taking them to go get Halloween costumes. It was 4pm and I had to be home by 5pm to get the lasagna in the oven so it would be finished in time for Paige to eat before Achievement Day. This is how the scenario unfolded, no exaggerations:
First, I asked all the potty trained children to go potty. "I don't have to go", they responded. "No, you have to go because I'm not taking you all to the bathroom at the store, so you have to go now." Rylee goes in, takes 10 minutes! Ethan goes downstairs, takes 10 minutes. Evan, can't find his shoes, Paige is lying on the back of our couch not even looking for her shoes and I'm hollering at everyone to hurry up and get in the car. Rylee comes downstairs, she can't find her shoes. (Didn't they just come home? How could they have gotten lost already?) I sent Paige to the bathroom upstairs. Rylee takes the keys outside. Ethan needs toilet paper. Evan finds shoes but took the straps out of his sandals again, so I have to re-strap them and get them on. I am still waiting for Paige and Ethan. I eat an apple while waiting. I go in to check on Ethan since I heard the water running. The floor is wet. "Ethan, why is the floor wet? Why didn't you use the towel to dry your hands." "I had to pee really bad and it came out too quick." "YOU PEED ON MY FLOOR?" *Blank Stare* "YOU PEED ON MY FLOOR?" *looks of confusion accompany blank stare* Send the kids to the car, Evan still doesn't have shoes on, I get wipes to clean up pee, Paige comes in and says Rylee locked the keys in the car. I have to find other set of keys, go to the store, realize I don't have cash with me (I took them to goodwill to see if I could get any cheap costumes) and I JUST took out my checkbook right before I left my house. I go to the bank next to goodwill and find out they want to charge me $3 to use their ATM, I don't think so, not this cheap mama. So, I go to my bank a mile away, go back to the store, can't find any good costumes, the sales clerk is disciplining my children, I guess it's time to leave. I get home at 5:30, no lasagna for dinner. FREE FOR ALL! I never knew how much I could love frozen Eggo waffles for dinner. I'm ready to read tonight!
7 comments:
Oh that is funny!
Moments like this make it so clear just how hard the job of "mom" really is! And laughable! LOL!
You go ahead and read, while I... do what I do. :)
Oh I love it!! That was the funniest story, I actually laughed out loud! Isn't it funny when we have those days?! I'm glad I'm not the only one who forgets their check book, that same thing happened to me last week at Walmart! (except I left my whole wallet) Your kids are adorable, and I love your blog.
Sounds like a clip to a horror movie (or a day in my life). Gotta love it!
Thanks so much for letting me know I'm not the only mom who has days like this! Luckily since you blogged it we can hope it's not like that all the time! Times like that make me wish we were getting paid in more than blessings for all of our hard work! There are moments when I'm standing in the middle of a store with crying, screaming, children - some of them lost in other isles wondering if I could market a sitcom or something about my life...maybe it could be a joint venture, you up for it?! LOL
Ah, the joys of motherhood...
Yay! Another mom laughing at an insanely ridiculous day! Keep up the good work!
Wow, the guy at the store tried to discipline your children? Did you rip him a new one?
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