This is how we roll out of bed in the mornings…Brinley: Momma, I'm hungry.
Me: Momma's tired.
Braden: Momma, I need a dwink.
Me: Momma's sleeping.
Brinley: Momma, I want cereal.
Me: I'm not your Momma.
Niiiiice (shout out Holly). I have no qualms denying my rights as a mother so I can catch a couple of measly minutes of sleep in the morning. I am just not a morning person. Growing up at the Roper Homestead, my mom was always up early, cleaning, doing dishes, getting us up and at 'em for school…boy, oh boy, I did not inherit that trait from her! Mother: you taught me the right tools, I just can't get them out of the box…I wish I had, because the rest of our mornings go something like this (with only 15 minutes before preschool starts at 9:00 am—NOT too early a time I realize):
Brinley: Mom, will you do my hair?
Me: Oh…yeah. Go grab the stuff.
Braden: Momma, wook at me! (He has by now stripped himself completely naked because he was sick of waiting for his mother to remember to change his diaper)
Me: Braden, don't touch your weiner. (because that's how boys roll)
Brinley: Momma, where's my lunch?
Me: Crap! Oh, wait. Don't say crap, Brinley. It's not a nice word.
Brin: But why do you get to say crap?
Me: I shouldn't. I am not going to any more, ok? It's not nice and none of us should say it.
Braden: Momma, tell me somepin.
Brinley: Momma, where's my lunch?
Me: Crap!
At this point, I am chasing Braden to get his diaper and clothes on, trying to make Brinley's lunch, and wondering why my kids just can't get it together in the mornings…it just doesn't make any sense to me...
Update on Braden: After Braden gave his last triumphant heave over the entire couch yesterday, he perked right up. He is happy and up to his old shenanigans, so hooray for no more barfing!!
18 comments:
My,my,my you have out done yourself. That just made me laugh until I went into a coughing fit. Grabbing weiner's is how boys roll huh? good to know..;)
A little weiner grab never hurt nobody:)
thanks for the giggle today... and I happy that your little braden is up and at 'em again.
BTW, that pic. below of him is GORGEOUS...in a manly way. Those eyelashes are lady slayers:)
i loved reading the back and forths between you and the kids,so funny! i absolutely love your sense of humor. i say crap a lot too-i'm trying not to as much since aubrey is getting older, but boy how i love that word:)
You are so funny!! I was laughing out loud. Matt thinks I'm nuts...okay, he knows I'm nuts. But thanks for the laugh.
tara is that weinie grabbing bit true for all of us? crap!? :) i'm only slightly naughty ya'll!
Crap is a great word -- but I have the MayaPolice on my case when I utter such things -- she also rebukes me for stupid, dumb, and something else now that I forget at the moment. And I"m glad Braden is feeling better!
boys do love their weiners. yesterday when i went to get mase up from his nap, he had his diaper on but pulled down to reveal his goodies. can't get enough of his peter! that's how i roll in the morning, too. it ain't cool.
Oh Kristi, I am totally there with you. So the whole I'm going to exercise in the morning before the kids wake up thing lasted like two days. I hate mornings. So I am back to my usual habits and that conversation reminded me so much of me and Evan in the morning. Seriously it is the same. I beg with him to have Daddy (the morning person) get him Cheerios, but oh no, it's only Mommy in the morning. Grrrr.
I'm okay in the morning, it's the night, I just feel DONE! Too funny on the weiner grabbing though...boys!
No boys here! Well a big one but....anyway...I think I am gonna hate school. Mostly because I hate MORNINGS!
Wow! My mornings are almost the same! Why are mornings so hard? It used to drive me nuts when my mom would wake up and be so chiperish in the morning? How can you be so happy, so early? I thought being a morning person would come with being a mom---boy, was I WRONG!!! Good luck with the weiner grabbing thing--just wait until they get older!
Pssst, Kristi-- I've got a fab secret for you-- soon, they'll be able to get their own Cheerios! It's the awesomest-- my girls get themselves ready, and I only suffer a tiny amount of guilt about my morning lollygagging. And you're right, that is totally how boys roll.
Pssst, Kristi-- I've got a fab secret for you-- soon, they'll be able to get their own Cheerios! It's the awesomest-- my girls get themselves ready, and I only suffer a tiny amount of guilt about my morning lollygagging. And you're right, that is totally how boys roll.
We call weiners wangs. I tell Connor not to touch his wang. And, you have me in hysterics. I am so jealous Hayley and Heather get to meet in person this week! I suppose I could be jealous of ALL the people who actually know you.
your blog was hilarious,
yes,I am a morning person, so I know its hard when you're not, I'm glad Braden is feeling better...love ya tons mom
Oh that was a good laugh! Thanks!!!
I hate mornings too. "Crap" is my favorite word, though I try not to say it around the kids. And man, why are boys so obsessed with their little extensions? It starts young and lasts forever, seriously! We call them "pee-pees" in my house. They'd love it if I let them say wiener. They just feed off eachother.
Love the conversation. I really want to meet your Braden--he's got his mother's gene of funnyness.
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