IADad

I love my eldest...I keep telling myself that.

He's so grown up in so many ways, I lose sight of the fact he's only 7. He's often great help with his little brother, he's respnsible with his stuff, he cares about others...what more could I ask for?

This morning, he's in the kitchen, ostensibly having breakfast, and I come out and he's attempting to put BOTH of his feet into ONE of my shoes...grrr. I managed not to yell, I managed not to lose it completely...the boy has an issue with shoes, seems like he's always messing with someone elses shoes...

I need to remember how lucky I am to have a happy, healthy well adjusted child and remember that he's going to do stupid s&^t simpy because he's 7. I was a 7yo boy once (in the days right after mud was invented, right before chalk) you'd think I could empathize more.

*deep cleansing breath....*

fallon

haha, I'm right there with you...nearly 7 yr old girls aren't much better and like you I tend to forget she's still so young sometimes. It's hard when they're so good and smart about so many things. When the dumb stuff comes up you feel like you're losing you kind. Right now we're dealing with lying

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mom2many

I try to remind myself but sometimes the things they do GGRRR......

I think chaos is pre-programmed into kids. And it is our will that gets tested. The things I could tell you guys that my kid have done.

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Jennifer, mom to some wonderful kids!

IADad

ohhh, lying, we went through one of those phases...and why do they lie about the stupid stuff..."did you put your plate in the dishwasher?" "yes" but he didn't, why lie about that? it's not like we aren't going to figurte it out....

16th ave.

the kids get us with this sort of stuff every day, including the 43 yr. old. lol. i wanna tell him to remove his head from his rear. the kids make me wanna pull my hair out.

emmy goes through phases w/the lying. lately she's exaggerating a lot of things.

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Xero

Hahaha I stomped outside in the mud with BF's boots yesterday cause I was too lazy to put on my own shoes to go out to get the mail and he was mad too lol. What is it with guys and their shoes??? D: Its so convenient cause they're so big and my feet just slide right in.

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IADad

I never minded the kids playing in my shoes, but a 7 yo who wears the equivalent of a ladies 6 9or something, DW just said he was close to being in her shoe size) who first of all tries to shove two feet into one shoe...I have a seam ripping problem with that...and he broke down the heal stepping on it so now there's that little fold of leather on the inside that you can never make right again. It's about respecting other people's stuff. He has a fit if his brother so much as touches his stuff....sorry, don't mean to get all worked up about this again, grrrr, but the new rule is "no messing with anybody elses shoes" and respect other's stuff - period!

fallon

I do the same thing to hubby, although I'm barefoot most of the time

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Jeremy+3

6-9 year olds = evil

fallon

it's so true...LOL

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