This morning I was awakened by the Rooster of the family. Since Corbin was little he has never required much sleep. This can be problematic when I want to watch a show, work or anything else at night. It happens to be much worse in the morning when he gets up at 5:30 and decides the rest of the family, dog included need to get out of bed. This was one of those mornings.
C: MOM!!!! MOM!!! MOM!!!!!
What? (whispered in that tone of whisper only a mother can have that says, someone better be dead.)
C: GET UP! GET UP!
Why?
C: Because I said so!
Corbin, I suggest if you do not need anything at the moment you go in your room, find a puzzle or a book and either put the puzzle together or read your book.
C: Fine.....ADAM!!! GET UP!!
NOOOOOO!!!!
C: Fine.....Get up mom.
No.
At this point Adam is starting to sleep talk. He is my child, he likes to snuggle in the morning and rest for just a little longer.
A: Go to bed mama, I'm still tired.
That's my boy.
In the mean time I start hearing noises from the bathroom....Seriously? What is he doing now? I'm still tired! It is 6:30 in the morning, a time I wish didn't exist, and I hear plunking noises. Now I know that its not someone breaking in the house in which case I would call Corbin to me lock the doors and call the police. (I have seen one too many horror movies in recent months) I get up to find that Corbin is putting a puzzle together in the bathroom.
What are you doing?
C: You told me to put a puzzle together. There's better light in here...
Okay then....If I could have, I would have crawled back in bed at that moment. Ah, but no once I am fully awake I am awake. Rotten little rooster!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
It's really just a snack mom.....
Let me warn you before you start reading......WARNING you are reading a post by a mom who has had less than three hours sleep and is a little silly.....You have been warned.
Last night, while putting the kids to bed the little boys started asking for a snack. Anything to get out of having to say our prayer and got to sleep right? Right. Since I needed to work last night I wasn't willing to play the games of I need a snack and some water and one more story. ( Please refer to Samuel Jacksons book...Go the bleep to sleep, as your reference for how I was feeling last night.) I finally gave in when they asked if they could have a snack in the morning. Sure, fine, whatever! GO TO SLEEP!!!!!!! Oh, I really need to pay more attention to what they believe a snack is in the future.
Corbin woke up early this morning.
Mom, I want my snack now.
Me in my dazed I just went to bed 2 hours ago stupor.."Sure, get your snack."
Mom, you know it's not just a bar.
Me: Okay. (still mostly asleep)
Mom, you know it's not candy either.
Me: Fine.
It's a bar.......and it has candy in it. But it's not candy. Its a candy bar mom and you know it's really just a snack mom.
In a sleep deprived moment, I said huh? Fine go have your snack!
That is how Corbin got a chocolate bar for breakfast. Note to self make sure to be awake before telling children to go have their snacks that they have described in detail to make sure you know what they are eating so you can't yell later about them eating a candy bar for breakfast at 6 in the morning.
Last night, while putting the kids to bed the little boys started asking for a snack. Anything to get out of having to say our prayer and got to sleep right? Right. Since I needed to work last night I wasn't willing to play the games of I need a snack and some water and one more story. ( Please refer to Samuel Jacksons book...Go the bleep to sleep, as your reference for how I was feeling last night.) I finally gave in when they asked if they could have a snack in the morning. Sure, fine, whatever! GO TO SLEEP!!!!!!! Oh, I really need to pay more attention to what they believe a snack is in the future.
Corbin woke up early this morning.
Mom, I want my snack now.
Me in my dazed I just went to bed 2 hours ago stupor.."Sure, get your snack."
Mom, you know it's not just a bar.
Me: Okay. (still mostly asleep)
Mom, you know it's not candy either.
Me: Fine.
It's a bar.......and it has candy in it. But it's not candy. Its a candy bar mom and you know it's really just a snack mom.
In a sleep deprived moment, I said huh? Fine go have your snack!
That is how Corbin got a chocolate bar for breakfast. Note to self make sure to be awake before telling children to go have their snacks that they have described in detail to make sure you know what they are eating so you can't yell later about them eating a candy bar for breakfast at 6 in the morning.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Performace Day! Yay!!! Its done!
Ah! My favorite day! Show day! The day where it all comes together for better or for worse. Not bad ladies and gentlemen, not bad! It was quite fun and the kids did as expected. No one licked, hit, bit, pushed anyone off stage or put their hands down their pants. I call that a win! There was lots of waving and smiles. Happy parents, happy kids.
After the show we picked up one of Zach's friends and went swimming. Yay for my friends who invited us for swimming and dinner too! I didn't have to cook! On the way over to our friends the following conversation occurred.
Ms. Flamik???
Me: Yes?
When you grow up and get old will you stop driving fast?
Me: Did you just ask me about growing up and getting old?
Yeah and driving fast too.
Zach: She will never stop driving fast. That's why she can't have the Camaro she wants, she says she can't afford the tickets. (Smart boy) Oh, and she's never going to be old and drive slow...Have you seen my Grandmother? (Oh that boy is so cute and brilliant. Already knows how to skirt an issue and add a compliment....He will go far.)
Me: (laughing) Ummmm What do you think?
Zach's right you're never going to grow up....Or drive slow. (ROFLOL)
After the show we picked up one of Zach's friends and went swimming. Yay for my friends who invited us for swimming and dinner too! I didn't have to cook! On the way over to our friends the following conversation occurred.
Ms. Flamik???
Me: Yes?
When you grow up and get old will you stop driving fast?
Me: Did you just ask me about growing up and getting old?
Yeah and driving fast too.
Zach: She will never stop driving fast. That's why she can't have the Camaro she wants, she says she can't afford the tickets. (Smart boy) Oh, and she's never going to be old and drive slow...Have you seen my Grandmother? (Oh that boy is so cute and brilliant. Already knows how to skirt an issue and add a compliment....He will go far.)
Me: (laughing) Ummmm What do you think?
Zach's right you're never going to grow up....Or drive slow. (ROFLOL)
Friday, July 20, 2012
For my friend who still thinks this story is funny....BLAH!
I am reminded again tonight of the ridiculous experiences I tend to have in my life. Some of my experiences seem pretty normal, I just am abnormal and laugh at them and some of them are so off the wall that even I stare in stunned silence at the insanity that either surrounds me or that I directly cause. From children who lick trash cans at Great America, Krispy Kream sugar highs, and yes of course the notorious car accident I had last year.
Last year I was in a car accident where both cars were totaled, no one was hurt except for our being humiliated at the situation. This was brought up tonight due to the fact that the person in the car next to us was swerving into our lane due to texting. Let me just say don't text while driving not everyone around you is paying attention, they are all texting too. Sigh, and thus brings up the car accident. (My friend laughing hysterically at the whole incident, telling me I need to blog that one.)
I was driving to a moms meeting when I got a phone call from my friend who was going to the same meeting and she was lost. I was using my headset, so I thought I was being safe. (Ha!) I was also using my phone as a GPS. Can you say multitasking while in the car is stupid? My shoulder does now. I get the call and am trying to tell my friend where the meeting is and I go through a very yellow light. The car in the other intersection does not look in the intersection before entering it she just sees the green light and goes. (How do I know this? Because I was on the phone with her!) I can't stop. I am yelling at her to stop...because shes really going to know its me trying to hit her!
ME: STOP!!! STOP !!
I just got hit!
ME: I know I just hit you!!!
Your joking right?
ME: No, I'm not joking. I'm hanging up now.
K bye!
We get the cars pulled over and the police show up. Now mind you I think at this point we are delirious because we are laughing so hard. The police show up push her car out of the way and then leave without siting either of us. Why? Because we are obviously friends and we both have insurance and they have better things to do than to sit with a bunch of women (by this point we have a few more moms from our group who had driven by and stopped to make sure we were okay) who were laughing so hard at the stupidity of our situation. Bless the cops for leaving. I have to say my friend got a new car and a vacation out of the deal and I got my Suburban. Really not the way to get new cars though. Also, an accident like this...You can never ever live down, because no one ever can believed I actually hit my friend. The good news, my friend and I are still friends and I bought her a GPS for her birthday, she doesn't call me and ask me for directions anymore.
Last year I was in a car accident where both cars were totaled, no one was hurt except for our being humiliated at the situation. This was brought up tonight due to the fact that the person in the car next to us was swerving into our lane due to texting. Let me just say don't text while driving not everyone around you is paying attention, they are all texting too. Sigh, and thus brings up the car accident. (My friend laughing hysterically at the whole incident, telling me I need to blog that one.)
I was driving to a moms meeting when I got a phone call from my friend who was going to the same meeting and she was lost. I was using my headset, so I thought I was being safe. (Ha!) I was also using my phone as a GPS. Can you say multitasking while in the car is stupid? My shoulder does now. I get the call and am trying to tell my friend where the meeting is and I go through a very yellow light. The car in the other intersection does not look in the intersection before entering it she just sees the green light and goes. (How do I know this? Because I was on the phone with her!) I can't stop. I am yelling at her to stop...because shes really going to know its me trying to hit her!
ME: STOP!!! STOP !!
I just got hit!
ME: I know I just hit you!!!
Your joking right?
ME: No, I'm not joking. I'm hanging up now.
K bye!
We get the cars pulled over and the police show up. Now mind you I think at this point we are delirious because we are laughing so hard. The police show up push her car out of the way and then leave without siting either of us. Why? Because we are obviously friends and we both have insurance and they have better things to do than to sit with a bunch of women (by this point we have a few more moms from our group who had driven by and stopped to make sure we were okay) who were laughing so hard at the stupidity of our situation. Bless the cops for leaving. I have to say my friend got a new car and a vacation out of the deal and I got my Suburban. Really not the way to get new cars though. Also, an accident like this...You can never ever live down, because no one ever can believed I actually hit my friend. The good news, my friend and I are still friends and I bought her a GPS for her birthday, she doesn't call me and ask me for directions anymore.
Bye bye Mercedes with no airbag.
Day 5...It is almost finished!
Ahh! Day 5 of camp and I am ready to be tucked into bed for the next week. Day five is always the stress day. Do they have their lines memorized, can they get on stage without killing each other, do they know the songs???? The answer is yes and no. Something this big means something will go wrong. Someone will drop their lines, (this isn't Broadway darlings, this is Granite Springs Music and Drama camp) the kids will push each other getting on and off the stage, and while on the stage and they will all forget their songs. I have found that when Sunday comes these kids pull off a miracle. They can do it and if they forget something that's why we sit on our knees on the floor in front of them, to give them a little help.
We have quite the squirrely crowd this year so on the stage I said everything from:
Do not give Indian burns to her!
Stop shoving her between you!
Don't pull her hair!
Don't lick that!
Get your hands out of your pants please....(As I am exiting the stage my dear sweet friend brought over the hand sanitizer. It looked like you might need this...Even if you didn't touch him....It made me need some just watching!)
Ahhh! The beauty of teaching a group of 70 kids from K-6 grade. You never know what you are going to have to say. I can always guarantee that I will have to say something that I never thought I would say!
We have quite the squirrely crowd this year so on the stage I said everything from:
Do not give Indian burns to her!
Stop shoving her between you!
Don't pull her hair!
Don't lick that!
Get your hands out of your pants please....(As I am exiting the stage my dear sweet friend brought over the hand sanitizer. It looked like you might need this...Even if you didn't touch him....It made me need some just watching!)
Ahhh! The beauty of teaching a group of 70 kids from K-6 grade. You never know what you are going to have to say. I can always guarantee that I will have to say something that I never thought I would say!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Day 4....Is it nap time yet?
Day 3 and 4 are always the hardest to get through. The week does feel like its flying by, but really I got home today and just wanted silence. Don't get me wrong the kids were great today. I had one incident of a child scowling at me.
Me: Do you think that look is telling me something?
Boy: (Just a deeper scowl)
Me: Ha! All that tells me is that I am doing my job.
Boy: (Surprised look, like really me giving you the evil eye isn't affecting you?)
Me: I love my job. (evil grin and all)
Boy: Started laughing.
Silly boy. Sticks and stones can break my bones and words are potentially harmful but a look....Please..I earned that look and am proud to say that if you are mad at me after you were acting out and I called you on it, I have officially done my job.
Other than that we had one licking incident which I am very pleased to say was not my child! Whoo Hoo! The day was good!
Me: Do you think that look is telling me something?
Boy: (Just a deeper scowl)
Me: Ha! All that tells me is that I am doing my job.
Boy: (Surprised look, like really me giving you the evil eye isn't affecting you?)
Me: I love my job. (evil grin and all)
Boy: Started laughing.
Silly boy. Sticks and stones can break my bones and words are potentially harmful but a look....Please..I earned that look and am proud to say that if you are mad at me after you were acting out and I called you on it, I have officially done my job.
Other than that we had one licking incident which I am very pleased to say was not my child! Whoo Hoo! The day was good!
Music and Drama Camp Day 3....They still think the boys are cute...
Yay! More music less drama today. Though I did miss my co-teacher, I have to say that I got the best teen helpers ever! No one got kicked, licked, or hit today. Whoo Hooo! Its a good day!
Apparently yesterday wasn't as good as I was lead to believe due to a mayonnaise issue for Corbin. Today I was asked what he would and would not eat. Good call.
Adam, I am told is the cutest kid ever! I am so glad his teachers love him. It makes it easier for me to teach and not worry about what he is doing....stabbing people with swords, taking a little nibble from behind, smacking them for being mean to one of his brothers.
Apparently yesterday wasn't as good as I was lead to believe due to a mayonnaise issue for Corbin. Today I was asked what he would and would not eat. Good call.
Adam, I am told is the cutest kid ever! I am so glad his teachers love him. It makes it easier for me to teach and not worry about what he is doing....stabbing people with swords, taking a little nibble from behind, smacking them for being mean to one of his brothers.
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