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.
Honestly sometimes you have to be the bitch to get things back in order….
hmmmmmm u sure you weren’t in my house?
let me know how the 8 yr olds sleepover went!
basically did you survive?
I think we all have those days!
A moms got to do what a moms got to do! I have had hundred of those days over the years. Sounds pretty normal to me 🙂 However apologies are always a good thing.
Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get a little attention, and what an awesome example you set by apologizing.
Cheers!
No worries, we all have those days! Hopefully the next one was better 🙂
That mom is reminding her kids to pick up after themselves and behave respectfully. Feels right to me.
I think we would all be liars if we said we weren’t that mom ever. It happens.
And, seriously…with all of that other stuff they were doing and had going on..I’d say they might have deserved your response.
sweetie ive been there.. dont worry your a great mom.. everyone has a moment.. i think thats why God invented Wine.. its my getaway..lol
Everyone snaps once and awhile. I think I probably would have to under those circumstances.
Awe, that sounds like my day! I don’t want to be ‘that’ mother either. Here’s hoping I can get it together!
I have these moments and I am as calm and collective as they come when I teach my first grade class. I get home and my boys are acting up and I fly off the handle.
No worries, you are not alone.
I grew up in a house where my Mom was always ranting. It really did suck.
Sounds like you just had one bad day, though!
Apologies and humour. great! We all seem to have a cranky day now and then.
Some days it’s really hard. We are in the midst of potty training our oldest and he’s been doing great (so we know he has control). Yesterday he kept wetting himself because he didn’t want to stop playing with his toys and I finally snapped, too. And then I felt terrrible. I don’t want to be that kind of mom, either. I just had to tell myself that today is a new day and I have to work hard at having patience and being the mom I want to be.