One day earlier this week I battled with liars and tigers and bears. Oh my! Not necessarily in that order. Monday was a rough day. It began with my two boys fighting over the adored stuffed animal tiger named "Selena". You may know this is my oldest son's favorite stuffed animal (one of them anyway) and the younger brother always thinks it's funny to climb up into the bunk in the morning and drag it downstairs by its tail. So a fight ensues. Some sort of fight is always breaking out in the mornings before school and then after school and the weekends... You get my drift, seems like I am always breaking up fights. This is very time consuming and energy-zapping.
Then I had to deal with some issues regarding my oldest son and another child on the school bus. Tyler was called to the principal's office. He and the "offending child" were brought in separately so that the principal could get to the bottom of things. Tyler came home with visible red markings on his face and near his eye the Friday before. Again, trying to make this the short and not-so-boring version, it all got resolved. The principal and I spoke over the phone and it appeared to be a case of horseplay that got out of control (and they were both to blame). When Tyler got home I asked him the usual "how was your day" and we discussed if he and the offending child were still allowed to sit together on the bus. Well he had nothing to offer and certainly did not incriminate himself through the whole ordeal. It was very upsetting to learn through this all that my son had been lying to me (or with-holding information), made himself look completely innocent and then found it unreasonable that he needed to be punished. Ooh I was hot, but still handled it all in a calm manner without yelling. Yay Me!!
This has been an ongoing issue for about 7 or 8 months now with Tyler. And it is very frustrating. So I became the "bear" for the evening and all the family pretty much hibernated in our respective caves and then slept it off. While there were arguments and tantrums the next day I can only pray that this lying phase will soon end. I need to get to Pilates, WOMAN (meaning Megan!). This allows me to let off a little steam. Things are never dull in my beautiful chaotic life. See why this is such a better title? So, what do you think my title will be next week?
Ah, Jenn, you crack me up! It was good to hang out with you this morning (and ride with you!) at MOPS.
ReplyDeleteYeah it was a nice time with you and at the meeting. It's nice to be able to get together with other mommies for some adult time. Sorry if I talk too much about my boys. I realized after I got home that's all I blabbed about in the Jeep.
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice! I don't think you talk too much at all. I probably don't talk enough, so it evens out, anyway. :)
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