.: Rough Morning

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Rough Morning

This is exactly what I looked like this morning!

The morning routine before school can either go two ways; calm and pleasant or simply awful. Generally the boys are pretty good at getting up and getting ready for school, but I don't know what happened this morning.

I hate dropping my boys off at school and feeling like a bad mother. I so wish I could just remain calm all the time and not get angry or yell at them. I drove away from school this morning wishing I could replay the morning and have another go at facing the challenges.

When I woke up this morning I was quite on edge for several reasons;
*I wanted to make sure we got to school early which meant we had to leave the house at 8.15.
*I was worried about the traffic which has been really bad the last two mornings due to heavy fog.
*It was class photos at school today and I wanted to make sure all 3 boys had clean styled hair and clean uniforms (I still need to learn these things don't really matter!).
*Ashton woke up terribly grumpy with the attitude of 'No, I don't want to'.
*Noah was in his usual 'turtle moving pace' taking at least 5 minutes just to get his shoes and socks on and taking FOREVER to get dressed and eat breakfast.
*When I asked Ashton to get in the shower he hid behind a door and listened to Dad's ipod for 15 minutes (I had just assumed he was doing what he was told as I continued to get stuff done).
*I asked Hayden to fill everyone's drink bottles which he did, but he didn't screw the lids on properly and the bottom of everyone's school bag ended up with a puddle in it (hence wet book bags and library books)
*I also asked Hayden to get the lunchboxes into everyone's bag which he did, but then he sneaked 3 packets of chips and a chocolate bar into all three lunches (this is when I lost my cool because I'd asked him a couple of times what he was up to and he told me over and over 'NOTHING!')
*Despite all the commotion Dad did his usual thing pretending that nothing was going on around him....got his toast and cup of tea like usual and sat at the computer checking emails and face book. I swear the house could be on fire in the mornings and dad would never notice!!! (Oh, he did go and get a torch/flashlight for Ashton to take to school so that was something :)
*And last but not least, back to poor Ashton again, he got on the computer to play a game when he knew he wasn't suppose to (and now he his ban from playing for a WHOLE week!!)

So I pretty much OVER REACTED at the lunch boxes full of chips, but I think I was more upset at the lying. I should have just laughed and calmly put them back in the pantry! Why oh why do I take things so seriously sometimes!!

All the way to school the boys went on and on about how ALL their friends get lots of chips and chocolate bars in their lunchboxes so how come they can't! And then Ashton and Noah gave me their little speech that when they leave home they're going to have chips and chocolate everyday and as much as they like.

I thought on the way home that maybe I should do something completely radical to surprise the boys. Dinner tonight could be 5 large bags of potato chips and dessert could be a whole basket full of chocolate bars! It would definitely be a dinner to remember, and maybe they would eat enough that they wouldn't want chips the next day!

The last thing Hayden said to me this morning was; "Please don't tell my teacher that me and my friends shouldn't have lots of chips at school cause otherwise she'll talk to the parents and then I'll be really unpopular and not cool!"

Here's to a much better morning tomorrow and a NICE, CALM MOTHER WHO WILL NOT RAISE HER VOICE AND LOOSE HER PATIENCE!

2 comments:

Jen said...: Well, your day may have been bad for you, but I have to admit I loved this post because I read it to Heathcliffe and said, "See, See! I'm not the only one!" :); May 10, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Jen Kesler said...: Sounds like a typical day in the Kesler home! I hear you friend!; May 14, 2012 at 3:10 PM

Funny Comments

Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!