That Kid X 2 and their crazy mom

Let me just start off by saying that I was never going to be that mom.... You know that mom that gives lame generic answers and drops off her kid at school before she showered. The mom that always seems a little frazzled no matter the time of day.

Alas, I am that mom. I have come to accept it, maybe even embrace it. I tell my children "because I said so". I tell them " We'll see" just to avoid a public fight even though I know for a fact the answer will be no. I check to see if the windows are open before I yell (what would the neighbors think). I bribe them in the grocery store and I use the " when your father gets home” threat. That being said, maybe I should have expected to have "that kid" but I didn't. I surely did not expect to have THAT KID X 2!

RONIN - THE NAKED KID
Let me just say that I do get Ronin dressed daily. Multiple times every day but that kid is always in his underwear. I swear, every time I turn around, that kid has stripped. He does not care that it is cold. He does not care that the neighbors can see. In fact being outside seems to intensify his need for nudeness. You know I probably would not care so much if no one could see but we live on the green belt. All of our neighbors walk behind our house to get to the mail box and guess what they can see as the walk by. Our back yard and our living room and kitchen. Basically the three places that Ronin is the most. Good neighbors of PCS in the QC... I am sorry. Please advert your eyes.

RAVEN - THE CLASS CLOWN
I know that Raven is a funny kid. She cracks me up on a daily basis. She is also very witty and dramatic. Sometimes I think she is a 16 year old in a 6 year olds body. Even though this is funny at home, it is a little embarrassing at school.

ie. There is a 3rd grade teacher that comes into Raven's class just to see if she has said anything funny. One time while he was there, Mrs. B asked Raven's table to line up. Raven was sharpening her pencil and says "Well this is awkward. Do I sit down or do I line up?" Seriously what kindergartner thinks like that? Raven also has trouble keeping her lip zipped. I could tell she had been crying when I picked her up from school Tuesday so I asked her what happened. She burst in to tears and told me that she had to flip her card. The note from her teach simply stated "Very talkative today". (I have no idea where she gets that from ;0)) Raven of course cried all day about it. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR PUBERTY!!!

I guess the silver lining in all of this is that I do not have THE STINKY KID.


Just another random comment before I go. I was reading Deanna's blog a few minutes ago. You know the one about watching what we say in front of our kids and the one about listening carefully before answering. This is a picture of what my children talked me into without my knowledge right before dinner. Yeah that is the gingerbread house we made 3 days ago. Notice that Ronin has no pants. DIRTY WORD!