this little weasel asked me on the way home from school yesterday if they could play video games after school. i said no. after much whining, so much whining i would rather have been in a pit of starving monkeys on feeding day at the zoo, he gave up. compromising with the boys on video games is kind of like how the democratic congress must feel trying to compromise with george bush. like, huh? except oh i forgot, goerge doesnt compromise.
an hour or two after being home and getting homework started and everyone settled, i came upstairs to put on some music and check email when i heard the YOU KNOW WHAT turn on. the YOU KNOW WHAT that my dear uncle mike gave to the boys this weekend. for which they love him for.
so i thought my head might start exploding and the only way i know to remedy that is a nice satisfying yell. so i bellowed down the stairs, “WHY?! IS?! THAT?! THING?! ON?!”
and drew says, “you said we could play!”
“NO I DIDNT!”
“yes you did!”
“NO! NO, I REALLY DIDNT! TURN IT OFF AND GET UP HERE NOW!”
thats when i hear it, the ratting out of a brother.
drew: “nate-why did you say we could play?”
ohhhhh and you can bet thats when my blood really started to boil. what with that pit full of monkeys from earlier, and my strong conviction.
but then THAT little sheepish face comes moping up the stairs towards his own execution, and its all i can do not to give in and let them play, so i channel all of the calm mommy spirits and i quietly look at him with that you are SO busted and i am so tired and WHY MUST YOU TEST ME look and say, “please go in your room and do not come out.”
verdict: guilty.
sentence: grounded to his room for two days after school.
today he came home from school with no mention of video games. instead, the first thing was about a new friend. named hemingway. who is a girl.
i LOVE this kid.
A girl named Hemingway?! Why didn’t I think of a name like that for my daughter?
I knew a woman who had 3 kids with the coolest names. Daisy, Scarlet and Harper. I was always telling her how great their names were and how jealous I was that I didn’t think of anything nearly as cool.
oh man! my battle is the computer. oh the headache.
i can 100% relate to this post. :D
and “hemingway”? awesome.
my argument is playing cards and doing magic tricks. arghhhhh!
Gorgeous name! I love that. I gotta tell you something funny. There is this M&M commercial where the M&Ms are little cartoons doing stuff around town. Like jumping on the trampoline and umm, that is all I can remember. BUT there is one M&M, a little skateboarding dude, who has on a helmet and chubby skate sneakers and little highlighted hair peeking out of the helmet and I swear the first time I saw it, my mind instantly pictured your son Nate. Don’t even know if he skateboards or if you shared a picture of him like that before, but now Nate = little M&M dude to me ;)
how clever is he to have a diversion from his beloved video games…and what a facey, how can you stand the cuteness?
ps-LOVED anna’s photo session!
we battle this very same thing daily! and i love the account of the “ratting of the brother”!!! i have twin boys and they are constantly ratting…LOL!
I am laughing…I have to say you are the BEST blogger! Thanks for brightening my day!!!!
sometimes a good yell is needed.
LOVE The depeche links.
Two of my favorite DM songs, I have a soft spot for DM songs that Gore sings.
made me smile.
Can you do a memory lane post? With your four as babies or toddlers or something to show what they looked like before they got so big?!?! Pretty please??
I am lucky that my on has his Dad’s disposition and it is such a stickler for the rules… I keep a tight reign on it all and rarely have to lose it..
I am the quiet no yelling Mum. I have the look of death and save it for special occasions. I do not shout – I dont have to. This week I lost it (long hours, lil over it all) and did a fantastic-shocked-mortified-louder than normal – LACHLAN THOMAS! as I slammed the kitchen cupboard. OH what fabulous impact THAT had…LOL I am looking forward to using it again hehe.
way to go on the new friend
Oh I LOVE your observations about your kids. You celebrate their individuality good and bad. All mothers can relate…and way to go girl on standing your ground. Just goes to show that kids don’t really dwell.
LOVE the wide angle perspective of those two pics! So cute!!! How could you resist that sweet face? ;-) I can sooooo relate though… same scenario in our house EVERYDAY – including the ratting out. LOL!
thank you for being soooo inspiring. i love getting my ‘t’ fix. i was wondering if you could help me out with a S.F. store. i would like the name of the store in san francisco where you pick up the letters in all different materials. thank you…im heading there this weekend.
xo
lisa
im not sure if my previous one went thru…just a note to let you know that i appreciate all your inspiration that you send out into this big world…thank you thank you thank you!!! i also was wondering if you would please send me the name of the shop in san francisco that has the cool assortment of type and letters. im heading there this weekend with my sisters.
cheers!
Lisa Ruffner
Love this post–from the opening paragraph to the girl named Hemingway. I’m hooked on this blog!
I love it. Start to finish. Now, how do I go about grounding my 17 year old to his room? Yeah, because he had the time for video games after school until 8:00 p.m. when he decided he needed to do 4 hours of homework. I think I’m hiding his controller. And Hemingway? -really? what’s her middle name, because I’m loving that.
hello? is that the coolest name ever? wow!…great boys & the video game story…that’s one you will go back & read when they are off to college or europe or wherever & wish for the pit of monkeys…at least that’s what i tell myself when we have episodes like this…:)
Why are all my favorite scrappers and photographers Democrats??
he’s such a cute lil rascal though.
the last comment by sandi d is hilarious!