I’m Not Taking That Cake!!

Just like the title of the post says I want to rant it feels like a great day and season for it. So if you got a rant you want to air out to make it known, or to make yourself feel better then jump on board and leave it in the comment section. So buckle up and here we go!

Two weeks ago I called every bakery in a 50 mile radius trying to get a Frozen Elsa and Anna cake made for my daughters 7th birthday. This year she is having a big party and I don’t do big parties very often. Usually we have small get together so this is a big deal for her. I told them when I ordered the cake that it was very important and I didn’t care what it cost as long as it was wonderful. Are you ready for the story twister here? I bet you can guess what happened!

I call today they told me the cake was ready so I picked up my daughter from her elementary school and I rush right over to Walmart in Paintsville, Kentucky to pick it up. When I arrived in the Walmart Bakery there the first thing that happened had me completely mad.

First, the lady was beyond rude. She had so much attitude she was practically asking me to loose my mind and I’m a very calm person. She acted like the cake wasn’t there and when I told her I just called she magically found the cake. (I’m convinced there are wizards in the walk in coolers that hide our cakes until we demand to see them.)

Next she pretty much shoves the cake at me. Ok at this point I’m ready to pop off her head, but I hold my temper in check since I do not want to show my 7 year old daughter what happens to rude bakery workers when they push mommy too far. So as I’m holding the cake I haven’t looked down at it yet, but my daughter has. All the sudden she burst in to tears and I’m so confused at why my happy daughter all the sudden has gone bipolar. She is so upset she can’t even tell me why she is having this breakdown. Which by the way is so not like her. She only breaks down with a reason not out of thin air, she has been saving those breakdowns for when she is a teenager.

So I try to set the cake down in the buggy so I can calm her down to find out why everything is falling apart and I see the CAKE. (I have used caps here because it is not a normal cake it doesn’t deserve to be called one.) This CAKE was supposed to have beautiful mountains, trees, snowflakes and most importantly the characters from the movie since that was the whole point. Guess what it had? NOTHING!! There were no characters. It was a pink, purple and blue CAKE. The trees where green swirls randomly all over the CAKE. The mountains looked like a toddler had laid his hand on the cake and traced it with white icing. Heck the lines of the white icing were all over the place. Also this CAKE was $30 it was supposed to feed 40 people and the CAKE in my buggy would barley feed 10 people.

At this point I’m beyond mad and have accelerated my temper right into psycho mom. I look at my daughter and tell her to stop blubbering that we are not taking it. She stops. I tell the bakery worker that this isn’t what I ordered I was very specific when I ordered and I’m not taking it. Then she pushes me farther. She just looks at me for the longest moment not saying a word. Then she speaks and says “it’s yours.” I snapped.

I took the cake and shoved it into her hands. “I’m not taking this blob and I’m not ordering from here. I don’t want it you eat it you sure look like you could use another slice.” (Since you can’t see this lady I’ll describe she is around as she is tall and I think she is about five feet tall.) I know I sound rude, but I mean this lady was beyond rude to me and I took it. She messed up my order, but worse of all not only did she mangle the CAKE she made my daughter cry the day before her party. By her messing up my order she left me without a birthday cake and her party is tomorrow.

Luckily Foodcity was in the next parking lot and they took pity on me. They made the exact cake I wanted in an hour. Hmm I wonder how hard it was for Walmart Bakery lady she had two weeks on my order? I bet she worked real hard (sarcastic giggle).

I just don’t get what this lady thought she was getting by with I mean she acted like a total ass and then she mangled the most important thing I needed for the party. If I had done that to a mom that was a stressed out as I am I would have hid in that magical cooler she had back there because a mom that stressed is going to blow up like an atomic bomb. Maybe those wizards she had to check with put a curse on her and I was seeing the result of it. At least that is the only excuse I have for her and that is me using my imagination because I can’t imagine what was going through her head.

Well if that women stays working in that bakery I bet I’m not the only mom that gets onto her. I just home the next mom doesn’t try to pop her head off. Some people shouldn’t be cake decorators. I know that I would not be a good cake decorator so I don’t do it. I also would not be a good mechanic so I don’t work on cars. People should not take on big jobs that they know they cannot do if they don’t want to see the outcome go down the drain. I mean if she could not make the cake I wanted they why did she tell me she could and assure me two weeks ago I would have the prettiest cake. Yes, this was the same woman that took my order and yes she did make the cake. I did take time to find this all out before I verbally assaulted her.

People just amaze me sometimes.

School Experience: Cursive or Printing in Handwriting

I was talking to a parent of a student in a town over from where I live. She was talking to me about what her daughters have been taught in school this year. We were talking about how students today are taught subjects in 1st Grade that I was taught in 5th Grade so most children today are very advanced. This mom then informed me of how her daughters, juniors in high school, do not know how to write in cursive. The look on my face was priceless it was a look of confusion with a mix of terror. They cannot write in cursive? I thought this too myself. How can they not teach students that? Why are they limiting these children in that aspect? The other mom then went on to tell me how her daughters told her that her teachers did not want them to write in cursive on anything and to always write in print.

As I went home that evening I couldn’t shake this from my head. It has amazed me how many advanced topics they teach our children, but how the yet abolish the most simple and important things. I do not understand this and it bothers me deep down. Now many I have spoken too think it is ok and don’t understand why this would bother me so badly. Let me bring my thoughts to you real quick.

First let me show you why our children need to be taught cursive handwriting. If they are not taught this simple little thing they cannot give a proper signature, they cannot sign checks, contracts, leans, leases, agreements, and they cannot sign their drivers license. That is just a couple of things they cannot sign there are an unlimited amount of documents they cannot sign properly. Next everyone I know that are a little older than these kids all the way up to others older than me normally write in cursive as a basic handwriting skill. I write everything in cursive I hardly ever print. So because many adults use cursive as their main handwriting skill these students coming out of high school will not be able to read anything these individuals write therefore limiting them in their personal, working and other environments. Next these students will one day be in their 30’s and printing everything as though they are children. I mean can you take someone serious that is in their 30’s or even older that cannot write or read cursive handwriting. They are not going to have a personality in their handwriting. They are all taught the same way to print their letters so they will not have a unique signature. Heck they won’t have a signature. There are an unlimited amounts of reasoning on why these children should be taught cursive handwriting.

So I have decided if they won’t teach my daughter cursive I will do it myself. I am not letting a school system handicap and limit my child’s most basic need. Actually, I would like to know why the school systems are handicapping our children in this way. It is going to be brutal for them as adults. They will be limited in what they can read and write. What happens if one of these students ends up running for a government office? Will you trust a government official that cannot read or write in cursive?

I know this post seems like a rant, but really it’s not. I just want to bring this issue to your attention. So if you are like me and want your child to know cursive handwriting then maybe you should check with their school system while they are young to see if they will be teaching them this in the future. That way if they won’t teach them this then you will have the chance to teach them yourself.

What do you think about this? I want your opinion. Is it important to know how to write and read cursive handwriting or do you think these children will be productive in their future just basic printing? Leave a comment and cast your vote in the poll I’ve added. Don’t be shy let everyone know what you think! These schools should be asking parents this instead of making this decision on their own so that is what I’m doing I’m asking you.

What Kind of Mom Are You?

Being a mom isn’t a science no matter what the magazines say we as women aren’t programmed at birth to cope with what ever motherhood throws out at us. We all have a different way of parenting, which is fine, because any way is not wrong because we are all different individuals as well as parents. When I take my daughter to school I sit in the parking lot for five minutes after she walks in to make sure nothing odd is going on (yes I know it may sound weird but with what is on the news now a days nothing seems overprotective) as I sit there I watch all these parents talking, herding and motivating their child it comes to me quickly at how different each of these parents are and how different their strategies are. So what kind of parent or mom are you? Below I have a make up of a few types now if you don’t find yours on here it doesn’t mean that it’s wrong or you don’t exist it just means I haven’t found you yet. So if you think you are a different type please feel free to comment and tell us what type you are.

The Loud Mom
This is the mom that talks above all others. She either has more than one child and must be loud to be heard or if she has one child still feels she is not heard when she is not loud. Even when she is mad and gets louder than normal her child never is afraid because they have become adjusted to how loud their mom is. Even though she seems like a screaming parent she is not. Secretly at home she is like a circus ringmaster trying to rein in all the occupants and have them doing what they are supposed to do. A lot of moms that seem to be very loud normally sit when they are alone and worry about the way they handle things. They also strive to be quieter, but yet it never pans out because when they try their children just go on past like they are not even there.

The Octopus Mom
This mom is just like it sounds a mom that seems to have arms growing out of her body. She has to juggle so many different things that it makes you wonder where she gets all the extra hands. Sometimes this mom may have to juggle events such as baseball practice, cheerleading, basketball, girl scouts and fundraisers. Then she must go home and juggle home life. She is the envy of a lot of other parents because it seems she is on top of everything and is well put together even though secretly she feels like a house of cards that it can come down at the smallest quiver. She is very organized, post its, notecards, calendars and labels are a normal things for her she takes pride her organizational skills. Some moms in this category can be found running for government office in the school systems such as PTA President, Parent Council or even a coach of a sport. She sometimes may feel that she is doing too much and then she looks at her children to realize she is doing just fine.

The Helicopter Mom
Just as it sounds this mom is like a helicopter she hoovers. She is the mom that stands outside the classroom ten minutes longer than other parents to make sure her child doesn’t need her. She sometimes watches her children sleep to make sure they are ok. She worries constantly and a little more than others about her children. She worries about lunch at school, bullies, hand washing, teachers and anything else that could arise if she isn’t around. She has a hard time letting go as her children age and go off to do things on their own. When her children are old enough to go out or to friends houses she calls their cellphones more than the parental limit. She also may have apps downloaded on their phones so she can track them in case they need her. Of course she has down this secretly so the kids won’t take them off the phones. At playdates she plays more with the kids than talking to the other moms because she wants to make sure her children are fine. She knows she is hovering, but she can’t seem to rein it in. She is the mom that shows up at school unexpectedly making an excuse that little Sally left her pencil at home so that she can see with her own eyes that little Sally is ok.
(*Note: We all have a little helicopter mom in us just some have a little more than others.*)

The Protector Mom
Sometimes this type of mom can be mistaken for the helicopter mom because they are so much the same, but yet they are very different. The Protector Mom doesn’t necessarily hoover she is more likely to enforce. She is the mom that gets mad instantly when her children tell her something that happened they don’t like. She is more likely to get in face to face confrontations over the smallest things that involve her children. If little Bobby gets in trouble at school for talking on the phone and the teacher takes his phone then little Bobby goes home complaining about it this mom would more than likely show up at the school demanding his phone back. She doesn’t allow other kids to bother her children she will go to their parents and demand justice. She is the mom at the baseball game that is screaming that the pitching kid is out of the age group and the team is stacked. A lot of other moms feel inferior to this mom, but what they don’t know is at home this mom is like the teddy bear of moms.

The Nervous Mom
This mom can be spotted a mile away. She is the one that seems like she is a tantrum away of having a nervous break down. She tries to get her children to play by the books and if her children get boo-boos she is always thinking the worse of things. Other moms can talk this mom into doing anything easily. If they want her to work a bake sale they just have to tell her and she will agree because she doesn’t want no one to be upset with her. After all her kids go to school this mom goes home and can finally take a breath. This mom really needs time to herself so she can keep it all together. She is meek and quiet. She doesn’t express her opinion to much, but she also has a very sweet side to her and her children think she hung the stars. This mom needs a time for mom maybe a weekend vacation every so often, but she never gets around to it.

The Overbearing Mom
Before I go into this type of mom I want to just say that we all have a little of the overbearing mom in us no matter what you think she just hasn’t came out yet if you haven’t seen her, but she is there. Also being this type of mom completely and not just a dab is very rare. I think I have only seen a couple of women be completely the overbearing mom.
This mom is just like the title overbearing which in some situations can be a great thing. She is very strict on her children and expects them to do exactly as they are told. She doesn’t take any crap from other adults and will tell them exactly what she thinks. She is constantly lecturing her children telling them what they should be doing and how she is older therefore wiser. Already has planned out their futures and expects them to comply. She is fierce and dominant. She would do anything for her children, but she just can’t let up on them. She can’t control what she says no matter how hurtful it is. Her children are terrified to disappoint her, not in fear, but because they just can’t bring themselves to let her down because she expects to much from them. A lot of other moms are intimidated by her.

The Nurturing Mother
This mother is the sweetest of moms. Everyone likes her especially her children. She is very loving to her children and hugs them all the time even when they don’t want hugs. She rocked her child until the child was big enough to rock her. She kisses her children in front of their friends even when they beg her not to. She is aware life is short and wants her children to enjoy it. She tells them they can do anything with their lives, but gives them the space to make their own choices. She embraces creativity and still has their finger paintings they made when much younger hanging on her fridge. She carries a lot of pictures of her children with her so she can show everyone when she brings them up in a conversation. Her children will always come home for holidays and will miss her terribly when they are away from her. They love to be home with her because she makes it so much fun. She accepts them for who they are and is always happy with them no matter what they do in life.

As of right now that is all the types of moms I have listed, but you never know when I’ll find some more and add it as I go. So like I said if you don’t think you are on there then tell me what type of mom you are and I’ll add it for you. Not everyone falls into a category we are all very different. So you may be one of those moms that falls into all the categories because you have a little of each type in you that is fine because we are all different. Children don’t come with instruction manuals so we are the mom we think we need to be and that is just fine. So embrace what type you are and embrace mommyhood because it is the most special thing in the world. It is the perfect job and the most rewarding job you’ll ever have.

So bless all you moms out there and you have wonderful day!

Magazine Homes and The Real Deal

First things are first. Yes the picture of the magazine cover above is my daughter and no she really wasn’t in a magazine. But yes it does have something to do with this post. So read on to see what exactly a fake magazine cover would really have to do with a blog post.

Have you bought a magazine, took it home and then when you started to read it seen pictures of the immaculate homes inside. Then when you see the inside of the homes in the magazine you look around at your own home which is riddled with toys, play dough, and chocolate handprints? That is what happened to me this morning. I set down with my morning cup of coffee and opened my magazine which arrived in the mail yesterday, “Better Homes and Gardens.” I kept seeing pictures of inside of this nice clean houses. The pictures were always similar by having a mom and children standing there smiling in a house so clean it was fictional. I hadn’t seen my house that clean since it was brand new. Now I’m not saying my house is dirty, but if you have kids you know the damage they can do especially when school is out for summer, the weekend or even a holiday.

So then this had me thinking which is dangerous when I haven’t finished my cup of coffee. Why do they put such wonderful and clean houses in these magazines? I mean they are so misleading. If a woman doesn’t have children looks at these pictures she will then feel the longing for a child and then when she gets it she is disturbed at how much a lie that magazine cover was. So I took my daughters old Christmas picture (3 years old at the time) and placed it on a Savvy Magazine cover. To show how easy it is to fake the pictures, kind of my way of outing them.

What they need to do is take a picture of my living room and put it in there with the article of how to organize your home. Then they can write and article of how they started with my mess and made it kid friendly organizational. I would buy that magazine because it wouldn’t be misleading. Magazines that have those beautiful untouched homes do one thing to us real moms they make us feel unaccomplished. We feel like our houses aren’t clean enough, our kids are clean enough and we aren’t good enough. Well if you ask me that is crap! Because we are all of those things in our own mommy ways. The magazine company is the one with the problem. They publish photos that lie through their teeth and let me let you in on another thing. That mom and kid in the photo they aren’t even related. Because if they was that mom would have a dirty handprint on her shirt right where her boob is supposed to go and the kid wouldn’t be standing there sweetly. The child would either be hanging off her leg, or in the background writing on the walls, or just simply making funny faces at the camera.

So mommy’s don’t let these magazine companies make you feel inferior by the photos and articles they publish. They are to be informative not literal. So take from them what you must and then the rest of it ignore. I usually read the article get the information I need on whatever I’m wanting to read about then I throw the magazine away. I don’t leave it laying around to tempt me and to make my feel bad about myself. Sometimes I don’t even buy the magazine sometimes I just read other mommy blogs by other bloggers because most of the time they have written about similar stuff and they are real not fakes.

Girls and Their Hair

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So as most of you know I have a little girl who is 6 years old. She is my only child so of course I pamper and primp her. As always when you have a little girl you want to dress up and fix their hair you are bound to have a little girl who hates to do things like that. So when I want to do nails, makeup and hair my daughter would rather jump in a mud hole. Even though mud is fun this momma would love to do some girly things with my girl, but so far she doesn’t find it as much fun.

School has been in swing here for a couple of weeks and my daughter has allowed me to let her wear two different hairstyles in those couple of weeks. She will either wear a ponytail or wear her hair half up. If I try anything else she refuses and will just wear it down. Sometimes it just breaks this mommas heart. My daughter has the prettiest hair and I’m not just saying that because she is mine. She really does it’s blonde and thick. Her hair will go up in any hairdo and it will hold curl like nothing I have ever seen. Yet she hates having her hair fixed, go figure. It kills me inside to see hair like that and not be able to touch it.

Well what I’m getting at is I have laid the law down for tomorrow. I have told my little princess that tomorrow mommy is getting what she wants for one day. Mommy is going to put her hair up in a new do and she is going to wear it all day that way. Which means she can’t go into the school stop by the bathroom and take it all back down. (Yes she has done this.) After twenty minutes of her setting her demands we struck a deal. She would allow me to fix her hair which she will wear all day until she returns home if I in return promise not to kiss her in front of her classmates and take her to the dollar store so she can’t check out the toy section. If you haven’t noticed by my past posts my daughter is obsessed with the dollar store, she doesn’t care much for Wal-Mart, but she freaks out if she finds out I went to the dollar store without her. I think this is because she can take five dollars into this store and come out with five different items I have raised such a bargain shopper (Proud Momma Here!!) So since I’m only getting this opportunity, to do hairdos on my only child, once in a blue moon I have done severe research on what I want to do. I found so many interesting styles that I just had to share them with all of you. So enjoy and if you have a daughter good luck on trying them out! If you have any hairdos with pics and would like to share please do I would love to see them maybe I can talk my daughter into letting me try it all again, probably not but a mom can still hope.

So far I have found these two and would love to do them, but the only problem was I found pictures of the ones I liked and not the instructions. I’ve looked for the instructions, but it was a no go. So I guess I’ll be staring at the pictures for awhile and trying to figure out how I can do the same to my little girls hair. Hope you enjoyed the pics if you have any ideas or styles of your own please feel free to share.

What Do you Do?

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First order of business today I would like to thank author Vicki Blair who wrote the book “Gravy, Grits and Graves” for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Vicki Blair you said I made your day with my comment about your book honey now you have made mine. I have always wanted to write a novel so to have an author of a book I really enjoyed to comment in my book club section of my blog put a smile on my face. So thank you so much!

Now for the topic of this blog post! I’m sorry if I haven’t really been around to update for the week I had an unexpected even occur so I haven’t been much company. My mother who was only 47 years old passed away this past week and since she did not have burial insurance it made the situation so much worse. So not only was I heart broken, but in a terrible bind. All was resolved though and she had a beautiful eastern Kentucky funeral. Now once again back to topic haha.

So my topic today is actually a question for my readers. What do you do? Now I know it can be a wide range topic, but I will narrow it down. Doesn’t matter if you are a parent, or just someone passing through this question is for everyone. What do you do in your community? Are you a member of a club, group or organization. Do you volunteer at a school? Does your job keep you fully satisfied? Do you read to blind or spend time with the elderly? Do you enjoy the company of a book club once a month? Do you teach classes? I actually want to know what do you do!

Me? I do a lot of different things. Since my only work at this time is my online boutique and I’m completely satisfied with it I would have to answer my own questions with my activities. I volunteer at my daughters school whenever I have a chance, or whenever she decides to volunteer me then tell me about it last minute. I also have recently just joined a book club and I’m so excited about it. I also don’t mean the portion of my blog “Book Club” I actually joined a real one at my local library. As some of you might know I love to read and now I others who want to discuss reading material with me. I feel like I will be in bliss. I just hope it goes as good as I’m building it up to be.

I know I’m a dork! But I’m a happy dork today!

So they have assigned a book to read, which I have not read yet so kudos to them. Since I average reading about anywhere from 3-5 a week and I always list my favorite on my blog I was worried they might have chosen one I had beaten them to. Didn’t happen so I was jumping up and down on the inside (if I had actually jumped up and down at the library when they told me this they might have thrown me out) so I kept all this excitement to myself. So the book I will be reading this month for them (which I’ll have done this week I hope) is “Peace” it is written by Shelley Shepard Gray. If it is as good as it’s description it will make my “Book Club” section on here. So you can stay tuned for that if you would like to get a new idea on what book is trending there.

I also volunteer at the school like I said before. Since my daughter is attending 1st grade this year I will be doing more hands on things. I was informed the other day that I would be helping with their reading portion of their day. Hello can you say destiny? I was born to help with reading it is my favorite activity right after I have watched at least one episode of Melissa & Joey on Netflix. So I am glad to say that after the sadness from my mothers death that things have been looking up. I am grateful for that because it helps distract my mind.

I know this isn’t a very exciting post, but hey I’m not just telling you about me I want feedback from you!! So tell me what do you do? I don’t care if you cook unique dishes, breed guinea pigs (btw bought one last week), or like to organize your shoes. For once you get to tell us what you do that makes you different, makes you happy, entertains you, or just what you do. Can’t wait to see what everyone is up too!!

Until next time have a wonderful day and come back often I love to have you around!

Please show support in a time of need

I found my wonderful mother Edith Booth Maynard today at her home she had passed away at a young age of 47. She was a loving mother, grandmother and teacher. She was one of the smartest people I have ever known and without her I feel so lost. She did not have burial insurance so as her oldest child I am taking responsibility for her funeral expenses. So I’m asking for those who can spare to please donate to help us have a nice funeral for my beloved mother. She is greatly missed and this is so devasting to me and my brother. Below I have included the link to the go fund me site where all donations can be placed. Thank you all for all support of any kinds please keep us in your prayers. -Kristin Hinkle Blog Writer and Etsy Shop Owner.

http://www.gofundme.com/cj1ttc?pc=14_fb_p2

It’s a Makeover… Thanks For Asking

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When you got here you probably looked at the title on the top of the blog and then looked around right? Yeah I know you were thinking you made it back to Project Save a Mom! Well surprise!! I know everything looks different and the blog has a new name, but don’t let it confuse you it’s still the same me just a new look. It’s a makeover!!

As a sat here looking at my blog the other night, I started surfing the web and reading blog posts for various other blogging moms that I really find wonderful! I was entranced in their creativity put into their names and posts. So then I looked back at mine and I had that frumpy feeling we get when we notice that our hairstyles are out of date. It then hit me, like a light bulb had finally flickered it’s way all the way on, I needed a blog makeover. So I watched my daughter play dress up and role-play her favorite games. That is when I noticed I had a very smart girl going through a princess phase and that my friends is when my name just lit up in front of me in bright flashing lights. Since I have a princess at home and I write about motherhood why not name my blog “Princesses and Motherhood”?

It’s the same blog I always had just an update on a few other pages and titles. Also a whole new look for my background. Since my daughter is 6 getting ready to turn 7 in a couple months I have been trying to pull myself out of the baby phase. It’s where we as mothers realize our children are no longer babies and there isn’t going to be any small babies in the house ever again until we have grandchildren. In my case it’s an if I ever have grandchildren since my daughter informs me daily that she hates babies, they are annoying and if she has her way she will never have children. Haha you have to love little girls and their assertiveness. But it’s a really sad time when we as mothers figure out our baby days are over, but we have to move on. So to get through my baby phase I took it out on my blog. Honestly, I think it was for the best because I feel my blog has never looked better.

Now if you have an opinion on that I would be more than happy to hear about it! I love to know what everyone is thinking so if you have any input about my new blog makeover then let me have it, or even if you have some advice on what you would like to see let me know. I would really like for this blog to be more engaged I have seen other mommy bloggers have discussion on their pages so I’m really striving for a few more comments or informative points of view.

Well I hope you enjoy the new look and the new pages I added I think it is for the best. I’ll be updating more posts soon, but I thought I would explain the new titles, pages and look then let everyone get used to it. So I’ll give it a couple days to sink in.

With a new look comes new content. Wait until you see what I have lined up for you in posts I’m hoping to blow your mind with them. So come back soon!! I’ll be posting updates and newsletters on my blogs Facebook Page so if you haven’t already went over there and gave me a like please do so to keep up with updates.

Have a wonderful day and continue to look around!! If you have a opinion don’t keep it to yourself let me have it I am always willing to know how I’m doing!!

Sleepless Munchkins Equal Parental Payback

I don’t get it! Make one noise and it’s all over!!

That is all I kept thinking over and over from 1am until 6am this morning when my alarm clock went off. I usually don’t have this problem out of my kiddo, but I guess a first time for everything. Right? Well I stayed up working on a few things until 1am and then after a very relaxing shower I went to bed. Well my little kiddo likes to sleep in my bed where the room is dark and cool. It don’t bother me since she is the only sharing my bed in the past couple years. (But that is a story for another time.)

As soon my head hits the pillow and I close my eyes, her eyes pop open. All I hear for the next 5 hours in munchkin talk no stop like someone had let open a flood gate of jabbering caffeine hopped up toddlers. Even though she is six years old because she as still so tired it was relentless jabber that were complete words, but incoherent sentences. I tried to be nice just making a shhhh sound and tried to talk her back to sleep. Nope didn’t work. I petted her back thinking it would relax her, nope didn’t happen. Warm milk, nope, down my PJs. Talked her in to trying different sleep positions, this only caused her to start making coherent sentences that I just didn’t give a crap about at 3am because by this time two hours had passed. Put her at the foot of the bed thinking she needed space to stretch out, nope, this sparked an odd conversation about raccoons. So at this point I lost it and turned on the TV. I told her to lay still and watch whatever she wanted on her parental locked Netflix account. (For those unfamiliar with Netflix setup my six year old, Kaely, has her own Netflix account and because it is set up for her age it only allows her to watch shows that are approved for her age group. This a wonderful things and I love it dearly I don’t have to monitor or any of the other parental things I have to do with regular TV.)

Normally, I can turn on a TV and she is glued to it. So I figured this being a last resort method that she may stay up all night watching it, but at least I would get to sleep. I had to be up at 6am to get dressed for a doctors appointment I had at 8am. I guess when sleepless munchkins have a random sporadic sleeping disorder even TV just won’t do. So I gave up! This my friends ticked me off. I don’t give up I keep on with something until it gets done. Usually, she will just do what I want because it annoys her that I don’t give up. Last night was a different situation entirely. I don’t have any other children and I’ve had none stay over for a sleep over, ever. So I’m not equip to handle these types of situations. I have never had a problem getting her to sleep since she was an infant and that was at least four years ago. So for the past four years I’m used to a full night sleep. Well I guess she had decided I didn’t get one. By the time that 5:30am came I was exhausted and clueless.

I even resorted to asking her what the deal was? She told me she had no clue then she made a joke about how she was nocturnal. She thought it was funny that mommy can run on exactly no sleep. Nope no sleep, not even 1 minute. She took my whole night. The only time I get peace and can relax she stole it away from me. I love my baby girl, but sometimes I think she is out to get me. When I think she has done it all she pulls a stunt like this that leaves me baffled and staring at her like I’m ready to throw my heads up and say please explain what that was.

Now because she pulled an all nighter she is exhausted and passed out at 1pm on the couch. Guess what? I love parental payback. So while she slept so peacefully I knew that if I laid down she would still yet another sleep from me so I decided she should see how it feels to have a sleep you really want taken away from you over nonsense. So I woke her up and then I started talking to her about random things. Then when she told me how sleepy she was I did her like she did me I started giggling insanely. You know what? She rolled her eyes and said I’m sorry mom. So I let her take her nap, but not before she promised not to take my nightly sleep away.

Who says that alternative parenting methods don’t work? LOL. Cause it sure worked for me, like a charm. My question to you my reader is have you ever experienced anything as random or as odd from your kiddo or just any kiddo?? I can’t be the only one. If it’s happened tell me what happened leave a comment below. I bet it is more interesting than mine. Also don’t forget after you are finished on this page to check out the contest page and enter. We are going to have great prices and it is all free.

All Children Have TMCAS and There Isn’t A Cure!!

As a parent we deal with a lot of attitude especially when they hit that certain age and everything they say sounds like sarcasm. I was always told it started out at the terrible twos and it would be over by the time they were three or four. I can’t remember who told me that, but I wish I could because I would walk right up to them and slap them. They must have lost their mind when they went through it, or they just became immune so they didn’t notice it anymore. Because my six year old has more attitude than most sixteen year olds. If she would just give me that attitude and demand twenty bucks along with the car keys I would believe a teenager had took over her body.

No matter what I do my child is always there at the most wrong moments along with her new gained attitude. It could drive a person to drink and I don’t drink. If I’m cleaning or need her help she is no where to be found. Nope not a trace of her I wouldn’t be able to find her. It’s like she has learned a new super power of invisibility. But if I’m using my computer, working in my boutique, reading a book, or heaven forbid taking a pee she is right there. Then it’s this beast that has waited to I’m at my weakest to prey on me. Kids have TMCAS this is short for (Teenage Mutant Child Attitude Syndrome) this is where a perfectly normal child between the ages of 4-12 think they are a teenager and only develop the part that wants their life span shortened.

Now I don’t know about you, but the law says we can’t spank them or we go to jail. We put them timeout and the climb back out. We have yelling matches. I know at least I do I can’t be the only one. I’ve read all the parenting books and honestly they don’t prepare you for this you just have to wing it. The eye rolling, the back talking in low tones they don’t think you hear, the words I hate you, feet stomping, door slamming and anything else that makes you want to tear off your own ears so you don’t have to hear it. Now I know I make my child sound worse than anyone else’s, but I just commanded that children in my house at this moment are now confined to bedrooms until 8am when I don’t want to bang my head into a brick wall. So I’m a little irritated at the moment because she is in her lair that she calls a bedroom and I know just as soon as I relax a little she will find something to complain about. I swear when she is being good it’s like tip toeing past a dragon cage you don’t want disturb the monster inside, but you really want that cup of coffee. The question is this, is it really worth it?

I swear I’m not insane I know it can’t be just me it has to be everyone, right? Some days at the main end I am ready to throw my hands up and say I just can’t take it anymore. But you know what I really can cause I love the squirt even though I feel like ripping my own hair out. All truth and honesty she isn’t as bad as I make her sound she just had a TMCAS episode about fifteen minutes ago and I haven’t recovered yet. I really think these kids train for this it’s like a sport to them an Olympic game and they are winning. I have seen kids at stores act worse than mine does so it is official. It’s an epidemic. All kids of this TMCAS and there is no cure. It’s going to get worse until the grow up and move out. By this time I for one will be nuttier than a fruit cake and no good use to the general society. They will have to lock me away. I know it I can see it now.

I feel like the chick I watched on TV. She told her kids if they rolled their eyes at her one more time she would pluck them out. I hate eye rolling it’s aggravates the crap out of me. Then when I tell her to stop she asks me what she is doing. Like she don’t know she just rolled her eyes. I mean hello the kid just looked at the ceiling, counter, floor and recliner in one swoop she can’t honestly think she was just sitting there looking at me. HELLO!! I might look old to her but I’m 28 I know what it was like to roll my eyes and now I think my mom shouldn’t have slapped them straight in my head. I’m going to call my mom tomorrow and tell her thanks mom for telling me I would get it back in my kid. Because she was right. If that is the case though then everyone I seen at the grocery store on Monday received it back in their kids too. I had to step over the kid who bangs his head on things to get bread. We all know this kid if we don’t have one then we have seen him too in public. He is the one that got made about a cookie so he decided to knock himself senseless in front of the bread rack on a concrete floor. The mom (poor her) is so tired of telling him to stop beating himself that she just lets it go. When I looked at her she just gave me this look that said he’ll quit when it hurts. Haha no he won’t. Because he has TMCAS and it has invaded his little body so he doesn’t control it anymore.

The future for this epidemic looks bleak. I don’t think there is a cure. I’m hopeful it’s like a weak allergy thy will grow out of it. If not then the lady who talks to her shoulder better scoot over and make room for me so I can talk to her other side. I’m going to be in a straight jacket before I’m 35.

**Note**
I do not let my child go wild and terrorize me. I am the mother and I do discipline in a non harming a fit punishment. This post is how a I mother I feel inside when battling my child also before and after I command discipline. It is a ramblings of a parent nothing more nothing less.