Today I got a chance to say hello to an old acquiantaince. I was wondering when you would show up? I am not going to say an you are a friend, because I really don't consider ours one of those kind of relationships.
Hello to Tulsa's hot and humid summer weather.
Goodbye to the cool sunny breezes of a short lived springtime.
Hello to jumping from one air conditioned place to another air conditioned place.
Goodbye to enjoying sitting on my lovely porch and watching the kids play.
Hello to my husband doing all the yard work.
Goodbye to me doing any yardwork, except for the watering. (that one I'm not that sad about)
Hello to cold water activities, such as: splash parks, swimming pools, and running in sprinklers.
Goodbye to hot baths. Yuck! I hate hot baths in the summer.
Hello to snow cone stands, Jamba Juice, and Sonic drive thrus around the area. I'm sure we will visit almost daily. YUMMY!
Goodbye to QT hot chocolate that I normally get almost every time I fill up with gas in the cold weather months.
Goodbye to washing my hair every other day and saving on time.
Hello to showering and washing twice a day because I sweat just walking outside to get my mail!
I sure hope I can make it 10 more weeks in this weather! Today I had to stick my head inside the freezer just to cool down after being outside in the yard. YUCK! Have I mentioned how I hate the summer here???
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Going 10 Rounds!
Somdays, like today, I feel like Rocky Balboa trying to stay in it for all 10 rounds in the boxing ring! Sad thing is that my opponent is my 5 year old daughter, Alyssa. To some people a 5 year old girl might seem like no match. These people don't know my daughter.
God knows that I love her more than my own life. But oh, how she tries my patience to the limit! She pushes me and bends me all day long, until I feel I just might break.
Today is Wednesday, and that means I take Alyssa to gymnastics class. She LOVES going to this class. She really likes learning gymnastics.
From early this morning, I could tell it was going to be a day of acting out and sassy attitutes from her. She wasn't listening to me at all, she would purposely do things I asked her not to do, and she has had a little problem this week with waiting until the very last minute because she doesn't want to stop playing, and then peeing a little in her pants.
First round- the peeing in the pants at 5 years old. I have ZERO patience with her on this one. Because she is SO smart and knows better, not to mention will be in all day Kindergarten in two months. I can not tolerate this action. She has had a peeing episode at least 4 times the past week. This on top of trying to get Isabella interested in potty training- I just can't take it!
The next round- defiant and naughty behavior. She knows the difference between good and bad things. She knows the rules of our house. Why does she not follow them?
She tries so hard to out smart me. Although she doesn't have the ability to outsmart me, she does have the ability to wear me down. Keeping up with her 24/7 is an exhausting and full time job. Once I am worn down and tired, I end up allowing her to get away with a few things that I shouldn't. This obviously isn't good because she thinks she has that round.
The next round- the sassy mouth! This one has just recently started up. I just cringe when I think of her as a teenager if this is how she is now at 5. What makes her think she can just come right out and tell me, "NO!" when I ask her to do something? Or that she can stick her tongue out at m when she doesn't like what I'm saying to her?
When I was a child, there was one sure fire way to tick my parents off real quick, and that was to lip off to them. We were certain to have our mouth slapped. My father did not tolerate us talking sassy to my mother. Rightfully so I think.
The mouth slap and sending them to their room to think about how they have acted is a displinary action I have adopted, and as I remember myself, it gets their attention right away.
I could tell as the morning went on that Alyssa was in top form, and a little slap on the mouth was not going to sink in well enough for her to get that I meant business.
What is the next thing my parents did when I wasn't getting something?
Take away privledges.
This is something that alway hurts the child most. Getting something they love to do taken away because of bad actions. That will get them!
So I cleaned Alyssa up from her little accident, and told her she was not allowed to go to gymnastics class today because of her poor behavior. She of course went crying to her room and told me how mean I was.
Once she and I cooled down a little while in our seperate corners, I entered her room and found her crying on her bed. This broke my heart because I knew she was devastated not getting to go to class. But I knew I had her attention for sure. So I was then able to have one of those good mother/daughter conversation. I really felt like she was listening.
We talked about what she did wrong, and how she knows better than to act that way. How she is to be a better example to her little sister. How she can't act like that when she is a big girl and going to school. I told her how it breaks my heart when I have to get upset and disipline her, but that it is my job as her mother to make sure she grows up to be a good girl and to do good things her life. Then I gave her a big momma hug and held her tight a long while and told her how much I loved her.
For a minute, I thought to myself that this horrible morning might have brought a good outcome afterall. She might be learning what she needs to learn. Right?
Then she looks up and tells me through some tears, "It breaks my heart when you get mad at me. I love you."
UGH!! Round 10-goes to Alyssa!
God knows that I love her more than my own life. But oh, how she tries my patience to the limit! She pushes me and bends me all day long, until I feel I just might break.
Today is Wednesday, and that means I take Alyssa to gymnastics class. She LOVES going to this class. She really likes learning gymnastics.
From early this morning, I could tell it was going to be a day of acting out and sassy attitutes from her. She wasn't listening to me at all, she would purposely do things I asked her not to do, and she has had a little problem this week with waiting until the very last minute because she doesn't want to stop playing, and then peeing a little in her pants.
First round- the peeing in the pants at 5 years old. I have ZERO patience with her on this one. Because she is SO smart and knows better, not to mention will be in all day Kindergarten in two months. I can not tolerate this action. She has had a peeing episode at least 4 times the past week. This on top of trying to get Isabella interested in potty training- I just can't take it!
The next round- defiant and naughty behavior. She knows the difference between good and bad things. She knows the rules of our house. Why does she not follow them?
She tries so hard to out smart me. Although she doesn't have the ability to outsmart me, she does have the ability to wear me down. Keeping up with her 24/7 is an exhausting and full time job. Once I am worn down and tired, I end up allowing her to get away with a few things that I shouldn't. This obviously isn't good because she thinks she has that round.
The next round- the sassy mouth! This one has just recently started up. I just cringe when I think of her as a teenager if this is how she is now at 5. What makes her think she can just come right out and tell me, "NO!" when I ask her to do something? Or that she can stick her tongue out at m when she doesn't like what I'm saying to her?
When I was a child, there was one sure fire way to tick my parents off real quick, and that was to lip off to them. We were certain to have our mouth slapped. My father did not tolerate us talking sassy to my mother. Rightfully so I think.
The mouth slap and sending them to their room to think about how they have acted is a displinary action I have adopted, and as I remember myself, it gets their attention right away.
I could tell as the morning went on that Alyssa was in top form, and a little slap on the mouth was not going to sink in well enough for her to get that I meant business.
What is the next thing my parents did when I wasn't getting something?
Take away privledges.
This is something that alway hurts the child most. Getting something they love to do taken away because of bad actions. That will get them!
So I cleaned Alyssa up from her little accident, and told her she was not allowed to go to gymnastics class today because of her poor behavior. She of course went crying to her room and told me how mean I was.
Once she and I cooled down a little while in our seperate corners, I entered her room and found her crying on her bed. This broke my heart because I knew she was devastated not getting to go to class. But I knew I had her attention for sure. So I was then able to have one of those good mother/daughter conversation. I really felt like she was listening.
We talked about what she did wrong, and how she knows better than to act that way. How she is to be a better example to her little sister. How she can't act like that when she is a big girl and going to school. I told her how it breaks my heart when I have to get upset and disipline her, but that it is my job as her mother to make sure she grows up to be a good girl and to do good things her life. Then I gave her a big momma hug and held her tight a long while and told her how much I loved her.
For a minute, I thought to myself that this horrible morning might have brought a good outcome afterall. She might be learning what she needs to learn. Right?
Then she looks up and tells me through some tears, "It breaks my heart when you get mad at me. I love you."
UGH!! Round 10-goes to Alyssa!
Monday, May 17, 2010
AT LAST! NEW BEDS!
I have mentioned in previous posts, that my husband has been working very hard to finish building the new bunk beds for the girl's room. Saturday was a marathon day, and as always we had way TOO many things on the to-do list. It was a family effort to get things done Saturday. At one point, all of us were out in the garage with paint clothes on painting away. (I know, scary right!)
Even though we didn't get the painting all done on the top bunk bed, we did manage somehow to get the bottom bunk bed completely finished, set up in their room, with clean sheets and bedding on just minutes before the girls went to sleep.
These are just the pictures of the bottom bunk in their room, but I just had to get them on here to show my sisters and my mom our handy work. The girls are just in LOVE with their new big girl beds that daddy made for them. These are full over full bunk beds, so the girls can grow into them for a long time. It is fun that we can all fit on it to have bedtime scriptures and story time.
We will be getting the rest of the bunk bed set up this week, so I will post more pictures then.
Even though we didn't get the painting all done on the top bunk bed, we did manage somehow to get the bottom bunk bed completely finished, set up in their room, with clean sheets and bedding on just minutes before the girls went to sleep.
These are just the pictures of the bottom bunk in their room, but I just had to get them on here to show my sisters and my mom our handy work. The girls are just in LOVE with their new big girl beds that daddy made for them. These are full over full bunk beds, so the girls can grow into them for a long time. It is fun that we can all fit on it to have bedtime scriptures and story time.
We will be getting the rest of the bunk bed set up this week, so I will post more pictures then.
Please note the antique staining that is done on the bed. That was my handywork. I'm was quite happy with how it turned out.
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