They Got the Best of Me

Today was another rough day with the naughty little blond boys. To start off I spent the entire school day at the elementary doing health screenings. We had three parent volunteers, me, Amber, and another Mom and then we had a group of probably 10-12 Marines who are here at the Fort for training. They were more than happy to skip out on two days of training to help us out.

Every year the nurse has to record every students height, weight, vision, hearing and do a head lice check. We have over 300 students from kindergarten through 6th grade. Out of those 300 about 120 are sixth graders! We got through all but about 60-70 students today!

It was fun, but it was a long day of directing students to the right stations and maintaining crowd control. At the end of the day Amber and I met up at my house to sit and look at each other and hope the kids could behave so we could get off our feet for a few minutes. We had dinner then took them to the park. I know how mean that sounds of me! I fed them dinner and took them to the park to play with Brandy's family! By the way they acted in the car on the way to the park you'd have thought they were being punished by going to the park! They were terrible!

My frustration continued to build while we were at the park. I was trying to have a serious chat with Tayton about his behavior and this other kid kept coming up and saying "don't worry I can take care of him for ya!" The dad just sat on the bench and would say "leave them alone his mom is talking to him"! But he never got up to get the kid away from us. Even when I very openly ignored the child. Then the kid turns to his dad and says "would you just leave me alone"! This kid was only four. That was aggravating!

Then we had to go to Wal-Mart for a few things. My frustration continued to build as I had to listen to the boys whine and ask for everything within their view! I was so frustrated with them. At this point not much of what they did could please me. I had already had enough and that just pushed me further towards that edge.

When we got home I told them to skip showers get pajamas on, brush their teeth and get into bed. I went upstairs and Korbin was acting like a fool. Neither kid was in bed and I had just lost it. I tucked Korbin in and told him I love him and that I need him to start acting like a five year old. Then it happened....on came the tears. My tears. I'm so frustrated with them not showing me any respect. They aren't listening or even pretending to care that I get so upset. Korbin said to me "I know that you miss daddy and I do too. Mom I'll scoot over so you can sleep with me okay." And he hugged me.

I pulled myself together and went to tuck in Tate and he said "mom are you okay?" I answered honestly and told him no. I told him I need him and his brother to start behaving better and start helping out more so that I don't feel so stressed out. He said "come here Mom I want to kiss you 15 times". He kissed me and hugged me and I told him good night and that we love him.

Aren't they just so sweet? Keep reading....

Then I went into my room to change and as I came out I caught Korbin in Taytons room. SERIOUSLY?? It had only been about two minutes! I sent him back to his own room and came downstairs. Same thing a few minutes later. They pretend to care and then turned around and blew it. I need chocolate...and a vacation.... and something for my eyes if they push me to tears anymore.