the sweetest thing
By late morning I was getting irritated with all my kids. Rebecca decided that nothing was going to make her happy and she did nothing but whine about anything and everything. Clearly there would be no pleasing her today. Alexander is the most un-self sufficient kid out there -- and was expecting me to do everything for him. Don was grumpy-grouchy and being a jerk. We had no plans for the day and I, myself, was seriously wondering how we were going to get through.
I was about to write my
List of 10 reasons not to have kids.
1. I would answer to no one!
2. I would take no orders from people under 5 feet tall
3. I would be able to go to the store and back in 5 minutes flat instead of it taking half a day
4. No more Cartoon Network
5. I would have complete control of televisions and remotes, all of them!
6. I would be able to go to the bathroom without everyone wanting to pile in on top of me
7. Clean toilets!
8. No more rooms looking like they have violently vomited toys all over the place
9. I would never have to hear "But thaaaaaaaaaaat's nooooooooottttttt faaaaaaaiiiiiiiirrrrr!"
10. peace, quiet and sanity....
(Okay, that's 12 things!)
So Alexander was starting to annoy me and Rebecca was irritating me and I knew that I had to get out of the house and away from them. Well, I ended up being successful on one front... I got out of the house! They both wanted to come with me to the tomato farm, herb farm and bakery. So I let them. (I couldn't bear the thought of the whining that would ensue my firm "No!") And, admittedly they were really pretty good while we ran our errands. When we came home I made a nice lunch of salad, sliced tomatoes, French bread, cheese, salami and hummus. They even behaved fairly well through the meal.
After our little picnic was over (we ate outside -- had to as it was so glorious out there!) I pitched some balls to Christopher as I had promised earlier in the morning. The problem is I am a terrible pitcher and he is a pretty good hitter. But not good enough to make up for my terrible pitching. We weren't doing so well today. He hit a few great ones, but he also had quite a few strikes, many foul balls and many complete misses. I told Christopher that he should really play with Daddy or use his pitching machine. (I couldn't get away fast enough!) But Christopher didn't want his father. He didn't want his pitching machine either. "It's okay, Momma," he replied when I told him I was terrible (read sucked!) at pitching. "I just want to be with you!"
I was about to write my
List of 10 reasons not to have kids.
1. I would answer to no one!
2. I would take no orders from people under 5 feet tall
3. I would be able to go to the store and back in 5 minutes flat instead of it taking half a day
4. No more Cartoon Network
5. I would have complete control of televisions and remotes, all of them!
6. I would be able to go to the bathroom without everyone wanting to pile in on top of me
7. Clean toilets!
8. No more rooms looking like they have violently vomited toys all over the place
9. I would never have to hear "But thaaaaaaaaaaat's nooooooooottttttt faaaaaaaiiiiiiiirrrrr!"
10. peace, quiet and sanity....
(Okay, that's 12 things!)
So Alexander was starting to annoy me and Rebecca was irritating me and I knew that I had to get out of the house and away from them. Well, I ended up being successful on one front... I got out of the house! They both wanted to come with me to the tomato farm, herb farm and bakery. So I let them. (I couldn't bear the thought of the whining that would ensue my firm "No!") And, admittedly they were really pretty good while we ran our errands. When we came home I made a nice lunch of salad, sliced tomatoes, French bread, cheese, salami and hummus. They even behaved fairly well through the meal.
After our little picnic was over (we ate outside -- had to as it was so glorious out there!) I pitched some balls to Christopher as I had promised earlier in the morning. The problem is I am a terrible pitcher and he is a pretty good hitter. But not good enough to make up for my terrible pitching. We weren't doing so well today. He hit a few great ones, but he also had quite a few strikes, many foul balls and many complete misses. I told Christopher that he should really play with Daddy or use his pitching machine. (I couldn't get away fast enough!) But Christopher didn't want his father. He didn't want his pitching machine either. "It's okay, Momma," he replied when I told him I was terrible (read sucked!) at pitching. "I just want to be with you!"