You know how the expression goes "got up on the wrong side of the bed"? Well, I'm pretty sure Riley fell out of the wrong side of the bed this morning. I swear she has a little demon in her sometimes! I always knew the name 'Riley' would have spunk, but maybe I should have picked a different name for her. She is going to be hard to handle in a couple of years....
The school decided she needs a mentor now. Now exactly sure what they mean by that. The paper said something about an adult to help comfort and nurture the child. Well, I found it a bit insulting, but I signed the paper anyhow. Maybe they see something at school that I don't see at home. Of course Chayse is jealous now, she wants one, too. Separating them for the summer to learn some sort of independance didn't serve the purpose I was hoping, but fingers crossed if I keep it up, maybe it will.
After school I had to iron Riley's shirt for their church classes, but I had Chayse telling me how to do it. "Be careful of the flowers, you don't want them to burn" she says. They're embroidered flowers. Nothing's gonna happen to them. Then as soon as I got into the shower to get ready for work, the dog got up and got the bedding for the rabbit cage. Pine shavings ALL over the living room!! What was carpet now looks like wood floors! The girls came running in the bathroom like the world was ending, but locked up the dog. Then they came back to tell me that the vaccuum is smoking, and got extremely concerned that the fire department would be coming for it. They can add a little humor to most situations, even though they don't mean to.
Riley overdramatizes everything and couldn't possibly be in the room with the vaccuum, because it smelled just soooo bad. But she survived it, with a scarf tied around her face! Then Chayse went in to her 'poor me' phase, which means that she does EVERYTHING around the house, and nobody appreciates her. They finally got picked up for church, and all this happened in less than an hour, because they were home for about 45 minutes before leaving.
What, oh WHAT, will I be in for tomorrow?!?!
OMG, Beth! I found this to be so cute and commical. Although it seems you've really got your hands full. Sounds like you make the most of it and you do your best. Keep up the great parenting, you are obviously doing a wonderful job raising your kids. Nice to know I am not the only one with chaos in my house and over dramatized children!! LOL Take care woman!
ReplyDeleteLove, Jen