Conversations with a 5 year old.
A pissed off 5 year old at that!
Yesterday I asked the kids to come upstairs to help me put away laundry before we had to take off for our evening activities. It took a little coaxing (ha!) to get them up, but Kenna and Jake did finally obey. Josh, however, never made it up and ended up losing his game privileges for the next day. That did not sit well with him!
There were tears... lots and lots of tears. At one point he told me (through the tears) that he wanted to be a grown up and didn't want to be a little kid any more so he wouldn't have to listen to me any more! He also mentioned wanting to move out and that he was going to take the Xbox (that he'd just been grounded from) with him. He thought he could go live with his friend, Karsyn, because she was his best friend and loved him no matter what!
If I hadn't been so annoyed by his 20 minute crying jag, I probably would've been laughing... a lot. He was just so serious and so mad and just not quite grasping that it was his bad choice that had gotten him in trouble. Oh, the trials of being 5!!
Hard to believe this sweet little face could ever be so mad at his mama!
*sigh* Only 2.5 more days of school until summer vacation. I think most of the kids have already checked out though! Trying to get my Kindergartners to sit still and read or practice writing their letters is nearly torture for all parties involved. I'm really looking forward to summer even though it means the bickering among my kids will likely start at approximately 12:01pm on Wednesday afternoon!
It's now time to go put my feet up, maybe enjoy a little ice cream and relax knowing that I don't have to do much of anything tomorrow and that I don't have anywhere to be tomorrow. I'm not sure if we'll know how to function!! A free Saturday?! We haven't had one of those in MONTHS!! Yippee!!
Yesterday I asked the kids to come upstairs to help me put away laundry before we had to take off for our evening activities. It took a little coaxing (ha!) to get them up, but Kenna and Jake did finally obey. Josh, however, never made it up and ended up losing his game privileges for the next day. That did not sit well with him!
There were tears... lots and lots of tears. At one point he told me (through the tears) that he wanted to be a grown up and didn't want to be a little kid any more so he wouldn't have to listen to me any more! He also mentioned wanting to move out and that he was going to take the Xbox (that he'd just been grounded from) with him. He thought he could go live with his friend, Karsyn, because she was his best friend and loved him no matter what!
If I hadn't been so annoyed by his 20 minute crying jag, I probably would've been laughing... a lot. He was just so serious and so mad and just not quite grasping that it was his bad choice that had gotten him in trouble. Oh, the trials of being 5!!
Hard to believe this sweet little face could ever be so mad at his mama!
*sigh* Only 2.5 more days of school until summer vacation. I think most of the kids have already checked out though! Trying to get my Kindergartners to sit still and read or practice writing their letters is nearly torture for all parties involved. I'm really looking forward to summer even though it means the bickering among my kids will likely start at approximately 12:01pm on Wednesday afternoon!
It's now time to go put my feet up, maybe enjoy a little ice cream and relax knowing that I don't have to do much of anything tomorrow and that I don't have anywhere to be tomorrow. I'm not sure if we'll know how to function!! A free Saturday?! We haven't had one of those in MONTHS!! Yippee!!
posted by aimee at 7:55 PM
2 Comments:
LOL!! What a sweet face... how could he ever move out with the Xbox?? Doesn't he know that his daddy would hunt him down & take that back??
Enjoy your day tomorrow - how exciting to get to do nothing!
I am so jealous that you get out of school this week. We still have until June 7. Enjoy your summer!
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