It would seem to me that children are best at recording and REPEATING the worst of you. Why it can't be the good things you say and teach them is beyond me.
As many of you may know, on Christmas Eve (rather technically it was Christmas morning - 1:30 am to be precise) we got stuck in a snow drift. This could be passed of as bad luck, but I feel compelled to point out that the reason we got stuck in said snow drift is because my dear hubby thinks nothing will ever go wrong for him -but it always seems to catch up with him. So, yes, we were running wrecklessly through snow drifts, and they got the better of us. I was angry ( it was definately an "I told you so momement") and apparently I voiced it, despite my desperate attempts to not say "I told you so", I must have expressed myself clearly in any case:
We were shopping around Gander Mountain (a sports store) and we got E and M in one of those carts that has a car attached on the front so they could entertain themselves while we shopped - and yes I am aware they are the filthiest things around, yet they had a lot of fun and are still alive. At one point we were stopped and J was talking to an associate and I picked up on what M was saying:
M (with hand up to ear as if holding a phone): HI, um, Jarod? We are stuck in a snow drift and I was wondering if you could come and get us....we are stuck, so we will wait here...
It continues in similar fashion for awhile, every once in a while she would get out and kick he tires "trying to get them unstuck from the snow drift". Then I hear her yelling at E:
M: EeethAN! Don't. I can't believe it. Grrr. NOOOO. (mumble mumble grumpily) This is YOUR fault....etc.
Me: M! That is not nice. You need to talk nicely to your brother, or you can get out.
M: NO. Mom, we are just playing. We are stuck in a snow drift and I am angry because E did it.
Well, now I guess I know how I sound. Poor E :)
As many of you may know, on Christmas Eve (rather technically it was Christmas morning - 1:30 am to be precise) we got stuck in a snow drift. This could be passed of as bad luck, but I feel compelled to point out that the reason we got stuck in said snow drift is because my dear hubby thinks nothing will ever go wrong for him -but it always seems to catch up with him. So, yes, we were running wrecklessly through snow drifts, and they got the better of us. I was angry ( it was definately an "I told you so momement") and apparently I voiced it, despite my desperate attempts to not say "I told you so", I must have expressed myself clearly in any case:
We were shopping around Gander Mountain (a sports store) and we got E and M in one of those carts that has a car attached on the front so they could entertain themselves while we shopped - and yes I am aware they are the filthiest things around, yet they had a lot of fun and are still alive. At one point we were stopped and J was talking to an associate and I picked up on what M was saying:
M (with hand up to ear as if holding a phone): HI, um, Jarod? We are stuck in a snow drift and I was wondering if you could come and get us....we are stuck, so we will wait here...
It continues in similar fashion for awhile, every once in a while she would get out and kick he tires "trying to get them unstuck from the snow drift". Then I hear her yelling at E:
M: EeethAN! Don't. I can't believe it. Grrr. NOOOO. (mumble mumble grumpily) This is YOUR fault....etc.
Me: M! That is not nice. You need to talk nicely to your brother, or you can get out.
M: NO. Mom, we are just playing. We are stuck in a snow drift and I am angry because E did it.
Well, now I guess I know how I sound. Poor E :)
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