I will never be nominated for Mother of the year Award thread

[BovieVei]

I'm just a sister for now, but I have some pretty funny family stories...

My sister was 12 and we were at our cabin where there are barely ever police cars on the dirt road, so sometimes we are a little lax on the road laws (ie, no seat belts, riding in the way back...). That day we had taken a giant inner tube (the ones with the bottoms that you tow off of boats) down to the lake, and needed to take it back up. My sister wanted to sit in the back of the van, so she did, but there was no room for the tube anywhere else, so we shoved it in the back in front of my sister, so she was wedged in between the backseat and the tube.
We got back, and no one bothered to take the tube out! She was in there for a good 30 minutes before she had finally gotten out, and w hadn't even noticed she was gone!!!

 

[kareninthesun]

My kids grew up smart, but dummied down. I learned from my first that lessons taught would flow down the sibling mountain well if they were horrified enough. Sooooo, when my oldest hit middle school and decided on an early rebellion once he had free time on his hands, I started an interesting phone relationship with the Asst. Principle, ending with his permission to do the following, (after warning my kiddo): Instead of dropping him off at school then going to work, I followed him to each class. Sat right behind him. Brought stuff to work on, but whenever the subject of who I was came up, I'd point and say, "I'm his Mom." Let HIM explain it. Didn't take long for word to travel, evidently other parents liked it too, and suddenly there was a spiking of homework done on time, finding practical things to do once schoolwork was completed, even volunteering, ANYTHING to keep parents away.

Now that my youngest is in his second year of college, I wistfully sigh and suggest that I'd love to go back to school. He gets this horrified look on his face..."Mom, I know its college, but I've heard the stories..." Dang.

 

[CrzyChicLady]

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That's a good one! I'll remember that!

 

[Jloeffler]

So good to know that I am not the only mother who rarely gets to wear her mother of the year tiara! Today I sent my ds(4) to time out in his room. I went back to helping/playing with my other two children. After 30 min. My dd says, mom, can b come out of his room now? I had totally forgotten I had put him in to!! I told him he could come out. Sigh...tiara went back in the box!

 

[mame1616]

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[feather and mountain man]

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That is so funny. My youngest is horrified that I am going to be substiture teaching at his school this year. He asked that I don't substitute for his class.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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[ChickenAlgebra]

On the dog food issue.

Sigh.

My 3 y/o came up and wanted a cookie. Said sure, what did she want? We had Oreos and Chips Ahoy. It's been 103 before the heat index, I'm 7 1/2 months pregnant, I'm not baking. She thinks about it. Then asks if she can have one of the dog's cookies instead. They are made with applesauce and peanut butter, nothing weird in them, taste kind of like an unsweetened peanut butter cookie.

I handed her one.

She's happy.

 

[Jloeffler]

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[kareninthesun]

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Love it! Why is it ok to have the dog sleep with the kids, but reverse that, you're in trouble? There's some good dog food recipes out there, and reading the label of most dog treats, they are fine, just sometimes dry. I'm not eatting them though.