When you parent a large family you need to pick your battles otherwise your brain may implode.
The biggest battle in our house is getting the kids out the door on school mornings. We have been late way more times than we should have. Usually it's tristan who slows down the whole process. She is easily distracted, especially by her own beauty.
She will often try to sneak out the door with her hair tangly and her teeth not cleaned. As she runs back upstairs to do it she will often be up there five minutes or more before i yell at her to hurry. She hasn't done anything except stare into the mirror. Once she catches sight of her beauty she is lost.
Also? Nose picking. I can't get toby to stop, so i've given up - for now. I do insist, however, that he not wipe the boogers on the wall, the furniture, under the table or flick them in the general direction of the dogs.
Posted by Jess at 07:36 AM Permalink
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Oh, I dread when it gets bad at our house. And we only have one! I've heard so many stories from friends about how hard the kids are to get out the door. As it is, Devin spends like 45 minutes eating breakfast. I can just see it going downhill from here.
Um, I also have no desire to deal with flinging boogers either. But I guess kids will be kids. :)
Posted by lori | June 5, 2006 08:27 AM