Choices

I'm constantly giving my kids choices. Its my way of letting them "think" they have some control~ but the choices are a win -win for me. Most of the time it involves tv or food. For example : It'll be dinner time and I'll tell Kaylee you can have milk or water to drink. Or do you want your hamburger with or without a bun. Notice I didn't ask if she wanted a hamburger just how. Well today Kaylee decided to give ME a choice

she was eating a sloppy joe but wanted an additional item to eat so ....
"Mommy you have 2 choices you can give me my cereal or I will spit my food out of my mouth." (her mouth was pretty full)

Not believing that she actually said that , I asked her "what did you say honey" And she repeated herself..
Now , what do you think a calm reasonable mom would do?
Well I laughed and thought that clever little devil. I gained my composure b/c she really shoudn't suggest spitting her food out. Then I told her she had a choice, If she spit her food out she would go to time out. She said "Oh". She finished her sloppy joe. After asking nicely was given a bowl of cereal.


Sometimes as a mom I need to look at a situation from an outsider looking in. Most of the time the things that make me mad could be really funny to someone else. Moms we most never loose our sense of humour. If we do our sanity will be next!

Like the time a year ago Bekah decided to potty train Kaylee. They were locked up in the bathroom for a really long time. Too long, I should've known something was up. Then all of a sudden there was water coming out of my can lights (all 9 of then) at the same time. I was freakin out. When I realized that it was from the bathroom I started just yelling at the kids . You know like a raging Lunatic. The water was almost to my ankles. The toilet way over flooded and NOBOdy came to tell me.

But now looking back its just plain funny.(the kitchen survived)

I hope you enjoyed the humor!