Last one to post........... Part 11

[eeyoresmountainpals]

a little better but i am just gonna keep her home today
so she can rest some more

I'm glad she's a little better.

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

You made my kids day-they really enjoyed them and are planning which rides we have to go on!!!!

Good! Planning is half the fun! Tell them that they have to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad for me!

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

Gotta get DS to the high school and then I have to work. Hope to see you guys tonight. Have a GREAT Friday!

 

[Stephieann]

i am already wanting the kids on the bus! dd4 is driving me NUTS!!

 

[Good Ol Gal]

good morning everyone!


LAST is mine once again

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Work is pulling me away form the dis today.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Things are crazy!

 

[kaylajr]

Ever have a Morning where you just want to pack up and leave
just runaway
to where I have no clue

I love my kids to death
and my husband but

i am just having a bad i feel so unappreciated kinda day
i just want to start driving and not stop till i run out of gas

sorry to vent i am just miserable today

nothing but fighting with the girls and somedays i just want to YELL enough figure it out yourself and lock myself in my room

guess that makes me a bad mom huh

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Man I love fridays and sometimes I don't like them.

They are half days so I am trying to finish a lot of work in half the time.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Ever have a Morning where you just want to pack up and leave
just runaway
to where I have no clue

I love my kids to death
and my husband but

i am just having a bad i feel so unappreciated kinda day
i just want to start driving and not stop till i run out of gas

sorry to vent i am just miserable today

nothing but fighting with the girls and somedays i just want to YELL enough figure it out yourself and lock myself in my room

guess that makes me a bad mom huh

NOT a bad Mom just a MOM. We love you. And you are no different than the rest of us.


OH I have those days more than I want to admit. Trust me I felt like I went over the deep end a couple of weeks back. I threw my hands up in the air and I yelled "I give up". I can't win. So now the rules are different at my house. I tell Ashli something 2 times. By the 3rd time she is in time out. I got so tired of being the one that was upset all the time. Ashli and I have a better understanding now a days. She knows the game is over and that I mean business. And I feel like she respects that.

Drive this way. We will help you out along the way.

 

[kaylajr]

thanks
i guess i just need to lay down the law better and stick to it
than maybe i won't feel so walked all over

you know one thing they never tell you is that being a MOM sometimes really stinks

dont get me wrong i love my girls but sometimes i just wanna

 

[Mom2Ashli]

thanks
i guess i just need to lay down the law better and stick to it
than maybe i won't feel so walked all over

you know one thing they never tell you is that being a MOM sometimes really stinks

dont get me wrong i love my girls but sometimes i just wanna

I know exactly where you are coming from. Trust me I only have one who is 6. I got tired of being the one upset over every little thing. I got tired of picking up after everyone. I can only do so much before it gets to me.

That is why I love you guys so much. I know that I am normal. I am not perfect and my Family is not perfect. Some days are just better than others.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Kayla you are a GREAT Mom. We do the best that we can do. But we are only one person. And the kids need to meet half way.

 

[kaylajr]

I know that I am normal. I am not perfect and my Family is not perfect. Some days are just better than others.

Exactly

I always feel better after talking to you guys
and i have to pull it together today
the Ungreatful 10 year old has her birthday party tonight

you have no idea how close i came to just calling the whole thing off

 

[kaylajr]

Kayla you are a GREAT Mom. We do the best that we can do. But we are only one person. And the kids need to meet half way.

Thanks

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Exactly

I always feel better after talking to you guys
and i have to pull it together today
the Ungreatful 10 year old has her birthday party tonight

you have no idea how close i came to just calling the whole thing off

Yep sounds like something I would want to do to DD. If I didn't cancel the party I would make sure she knows that her actions are going to cost her in other ways. Sometimes I have to remind her she is only 6 and I am THE MOM. She will NOT disrespect me.

 

[kaylajr]

We are gonna get thru this party and than have a long talk and set up some new rules around here

i thinki may have a couple of unhappy kiddos for a few days

they are normally good kids but this back talk disrespect thing is gonna go

 

[Mom2Ashli]

We are gonna get thru this party and than have a long talk and set up some new rules around here

i thinki may have a couple of unhappy kiddos for a few days

they are normally good kids but this back talk disrespect thing is gonna go

That is what pushed me over the edge. Can't stand it. I wasn't allowed to do it my parents and I will be Darned if she will do it to me.

You know what. Honestly it went better than I expected. Ashli I think can relate to the rules. She goes to time out for 6 minutes. (I read they should go one min. for each year they are). Than she comes out and we talk about what went wrong and what we could have done to change things to make it better.
That way we all understand what happened.
If she whines and cries or more back talk on the way to time out I add a minute. She knows this. I don't have to yell anymore. Just calmly tell her to go to timeout. When we discuss it, I make sure she knows that I love her and we have rules for a reason. Just like traffic laws they are there for a reason. We don't always like them but we have to follow them.

You are strong and you will get thru this.

 

[kaylajr]

So on to a happier topic

how's the weather where you are

it's COLD here
only 22 this morning

i want summer

 

[Mom2Ashli]

The timeout things works wonders for both of us. Give me time to think and gather my thoughts. Gives her time to think about the things that she did.