It ticked me off when I came downstairs to the kitchen and the crap magnet counter was covered in toast crumbs, butter knives, half empty glasses and PB &J. Not the sandwiches, the actual peanut butter and the jam. Gross.
Every single light, in every single room, in the entire house was ON.
The TV was blaring, but the kids were playing on the computer.
The Dog had no water.
I asked my 11 year old to have a shower and she stomped her feet like a toddler.
Both girls decided they did not like the brand new clothes I had purchased and chosen for them to wear today.
I heard toooo many times“I want”, “I need”, “I don’t want to”.
They were fighting with each other about EVERYTHING!
I snapped.
PUT your own dishes away, I am not a maid.
Turn off all those lights NOW.
NO more TV.
Turn off the computer. I don’t care if you’re in the middle of a game and all your villagers are going to die!
Listen to your Mother!
Get YOUR pets some water!
BlueEyed Girl, Get Your Butt into the Shower and stop stomping your feet…like this…waa waa waa (Yes I even demonstrated…very mature of me..ever seen a 5 foot 9 blond have a temper tantrum?)
Get Dressed and LEAVE ME ALONE Mommy needs 5 minutes!
Then I huffed my way upstairs and felt…miserable, teary, sick.
Have I turned into one of those yelly short tempered parents that fly off the handle for no good reason? I had a few flashbacks to my own childhood. Crap.
Apologies were made.
I will not run a house where my kids feel like they have to walk on eggshells. Where they don’t know what to expect from one moment to the next.
I may have had a headache, been ticked at my Hubby, frustrated with the world and had a million other excuses.
I may have been a bitch today, but I really am not that Mom.
Sorry Girls.
I have been that mom… not all the time mind you but I have on occassion been that mom. In the long run… you are teaching your kids a valuable lesson!
Hey I lose it too sometimes, it is only natural!!
I hate a messy counter so I would have done the same thing……….. or say something like: I can’t possible make supper until the kitchen is clean.
Been there. I don’t want to be that mom, either. But our kids learn so much about our apologies and our ability to brush it off and move on.
You are such a good mom for doing just that.
It happens to everyone. My poor hubs gets a mouth full sometimes!
You managed to make me actually laugh out loud…twice. No apologies needed, every one needs a moment like that when they’ve reached their wits ends. Right now the only recipients of my occasional crazy’s are the dogs and the husband, but I’m sure once I’m a mom the kids will see the wrath once in awhile too!
i am huddled in the corner sucking my thumb at this point…let me know when it is ok to come out…smiles.
Aw! I’m sure your girls appreciated the quick apology. We all lose it at some point!
You’re not being a bitch at all.
My sisters and I can be like this when we spend time together, yet we’re neat and tidy in our own homes, weird!
You are so not alone! I think any full-time mom who says she doesn’t have an occasional meltdown is lying!
This happens to me to some days, but it’s ok I know that we are normal and that someday are just going to be better than others!
Hang in there it will all be ok!
This happens to me to some days, but it’s ok I know that we are normal and that someday are just going to be better than others!
Hang in there it will all be ok!
If I have a nickel for everyday I have experienced this actual seen, I would have a lot of nickels! The good thing about it is that children do not see these days as being as bad as we do…
It’s the adjustment to kids being home all day, every day…with an exception here and there for all the entertaining places they go (that we drive them to).
You’re allowed! 🙂
You deserved it! I would have done the same thing!