Something Old. Something New. There is something in my stinking shoe!
I am talking about my life with three "beautiful" children not the wedding thing.
I went to wake my now 12 year old daughter this morning so she could get in the shower and get ready for school. Normal, everyday routine. I turn on the light, yank the cover off of her head and tell her to, "hurry up and get in the shower and save your brother some hot water." This loving statement was greeted with the squinted eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and usual grunt in disagreement. Although this morning she tried to be "nice" and asked if her brother could go first. This may seem to her as being nice and allowing her brother to go first and usual the fresh hot water. Her intentions were that if he went first then she would get to sleep a few minutes more. Wrong!
She didn't get to go first and went to bathe reluctantly.
My kids think they can come up with some new tricks, arguments, or reverse psychology but there is nothing new under the sun right? I keep telling them that no matter what they try I am sure I have tried it when I was there age. It just amazed me, and I am sure it amazed my parents when I was young, that these kids keep trying these "new ideas". It's just funny and very entertaining to see history repeat itself. Everything from stories, to jokes, to excuses, and even lies get repeated from one generation to the next. You would think that someone would actually come up with something genuinely new.
Keep trying kids! I love you anyway.
Oh, by the way, I wish my four year old would realize that my shoe is not a good hiding place for his toys.
I am talking about my life with three "beautiful" children not the wedding thing.
I went to wake my now 12 year old daughter this morning so she could get in the shower and get ready for school. Normal, everyday routine. I turn on the light, yank the cover off of her head and tell her to, "hurry up and get in the shower and save your brother some hot water." This loving statement was greeted with the squinted eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and usual grunt in disagreement. Although this morning she tried to be "nice" and asked if her brother could go first. This may seem to her as being nice and allowing her brother to go first and usual the fresh hot water. Her intentions were that if he went first then she would get to sleep a few minutes more. Wrong!
She didn't get to go first and went to bathe reluctantly.
My kids think they can come up with some new tricks, arguments, or reverse psychology but there is nothing new under the sun right? I keep telling them that no matter what they try I am sure I have tried it when I was there age. It just amazed me, and I am sure it amazed my parents when I was young, that these kids keep trying these "new ideas". It's just funny and very entertaining to see history repeat itself. Everything from stories, to jokes, to excuses, and even lies get repeated from one generation to the next. You would think that someone would actually come up with something genuinely new.
Keep trying kids! I love you anyway.
Oh, by the way, I wish my four year old would realize that my shoe is not a good hiding place for his toys.
1 comments:
Children are amazing.. Their tiny smiles, eyes, and even their sweet little voices (sometimes).
Just thinking that you (the parent) use to be that innocent too, and they don't think that.. They look at you as a HERO.