Sibling Rivalry

While sibling rivalry is very common amongst all siblings. For some reason I thought that the 6 year age difference between my kids would have deferred most if not all of it! Ha, where was my brain in this one? I think my kids tease, pester, fight and argue more than most. This is what I get for thinking. I have days when I swear my oldest picks on his sister just purely for his own entertainment. This drives a mother crazy! It doesn't matter if the consequences are set in stone and strictly followed through. Oh, but don't get me wrong, his two year old sister has some tricks up her sleeve as well. I am beginning to wonder if this is a joint effort ploy just to driver their mother crazy. Like little skilled soldiers carrying out their plot. I can entertain the thought of their conversations in the morning. "Okay, so here's what we're gonna do. At breakfast, you look at me and stick your tongue out. When you do, I will start whining about it. Then you do it again. I will start my temper tantrum because your still looking at me! Once we have moms attention you throw cereal at me until I whack you upside the head with my spoon. Once mom loses it. Just for fun we will give it a couple minutes and do it all over again. Sound good?" Yep, their little ploy to drive mommy mad! In light of their tactics I had decided to stop the army in their tracks, the next time sibling rivalry happened in my home I decided I was going to join in. Imagine if you will the look on my children's faces when mom looked at them square in the eye stuck out her tongue and started throwing cereal! Lets just say it was a look of complete and utmost shock and breakfast in our home has become quite peaceful. Guess that games no fun, when there's no one to drive nuts!

Feel Like a Good Scream is in Order!!!

For the last few years I have been trying to make since of the clutter that has taken anchor in my home. I can hardly stand the stuffed closets and the constant rat race to chase all the messes that my kids are making. I feel as soon as I get one room under control I move to the next and before I am finished my kids have distroyed the previous one I was working on.. I decided that it would be a great idea to just eliminate items from our home. Why is this so hard to do? Everytime I think I can focus enough to complete this big task I find a box of keepsakes and it sucks my time right out of me, and my quest is all but conquered! Because rather than sorting through things I am engulfed in memory lane and remembering the time Ethan wore this outfit, oh and look at this picture do you rememebr that day? Or there is the chore of cleaning out the closet and saying, "Someday we might play this game!" and you keep the thought in the back of your mind but the truth is that life is going by so quickly when are you ever going to have time to play THAT game? "Someday I may wear this jacket!" Even though I have owned it for 6 years and NEVER wore it! I almost wonder what chemical reaction takes place in my brain on the days when I am unstoppable and can stay focused long enough to make some headway  (because there are times)... I would love to duplicate this brain reaction, bottle it up and use it when necessary! Is this possible? Probably not! SLAP!!!! Right back to reality I go!  Maybe I need a tutor or a life coach! Any takers? Well I am in this mood today and feel like I might accomplish something rather than be thrown around like a rag doll through out my day! The task of elimination is a difficult one... I can't quite come to the reality that this house is just what it is and there isnt anything I can do.. Maybe I just need some guidence and a garbage bag!!!! Wish me luck!

Famous Words of Wisdom

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."- Theodore Roosevelt

He's a Dork........ But He's My Dork!!!

My husband makes random purchases on occasion that I personally feel are weird, useless and at times childish to say the least. (Just to clear it up a bit, I do this at times as well, which is why I am okay with it). His most recent purchase... an army helmet. Why? Why would you buy this? I asked him this question hoping for a logical explanation. Knowing that he isn't in the army nor does he plan on joining anytime soon. His response, "It's Cool!!!" WOW, okay! My next question, "How much was it?" To my complete surprise I receive an answer of, "Oh, something like $20 bucks" I quickly vacated the conversation, as I walked away saying" Oh, Twenty bucks ain't bad!" Later that day my curiosity stuck and I decided to observe the helmet. Much to my surprise written inside with bright red marker the numbers $69.95. I immediately looked at my husband and said, "Please tell me you did not pay 69 bucks for this thing!" He looked at me and then his eyes gazed up towards the sky as he whistled a little and said, "Maybe?" I will admit this made me a little irritated, not so much that he paid that much for something I felt was a little useless but that the lie seemed to flow out of him like water from a tipped glass!!! I showed my irritation with continuous sarcasm and this sarcasm continues with that fantastic photo!! My husband, playing a video game with his over priced army helmet! Thanks baby for the fantastic entertainment! I believe this makes us even!!!