I had to share with you the warning I give the kids each time we arrive to the store. I find this sadly humorous, but it seems to work most of the time.
" Okay guys now look.....NO Screaming in the store, No running around like a bunch of monkeys. Please DONT tease your brother while hes sitting in the cart, because he squeals and pierces every one's ears including Mommy who is trying to focus on her massively long list of items.(Take a breath) Please DONT touch the pickle jars or anything made of glass. No running over to the lobster tank "without" Mommy's permission. And I promise you the bathrooms look the same that they did the last time we were there so lets not spend the whole time in the bathroom making funny faces in the mirror. Okay! And last.... lets not make Mommy look like shes the worst parent ever. Lets just try to get along and have a good time. If you stay together, use you indoor voices, and make grocery shopping pleasant for Mommy then I will reward you with 1 Redbox movie on the way out the door." (Kids cheering, squealing, and thrashing in the background with excitement.)As I pull the kids out of the car with hugs and kisses, I remind them that this CAN be a fun experience if we choose to follow those rules. I also tell them how capable they each are of achieving this goal.
I then grab my mini shopping cart out of the back of the van their eyes light up with joy in their faces. They cant wait to help their Mommy shop. And I think to myself " I hope this is gonna be a REDBOX kinda day" We will see.
Today it was.....they did great.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
A Mothers Warning
Posted by Keri at 2:08 PM
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3 Little Monkeys:
Awesome, it sounds familiar. Oh how I would like for the warning to always work...most days though, well most days it doesn't.
ok that is so stinkin cute I love it, and can so totally relate. You are such a good, brave, creative mommy.
That's funny. I feel like I have to prep my kids every time we go anywhere. It is usually this one: "Okay, we're late for church AGAIN, so we need to be super quiet when we walk in...."
I totally think that it helps. So, what movie did you get?
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