Here's the scene: We're driving in the car talking about the first day of school... What teacher to you want? Who do you hope is in your class? What are you going to wear on the first day of school? And the likes.
daughter: Oh, this is when the crazies begin!me: What do you mean by that?daughter: Oh, you know... "Hurry! Hurry! We're going to be late! Let's go!"me: Well, (long pause) let's try hard not to let the craziness begin... Let's try to continue our summer laid back attitude, with a little preparedness thrown in.daughter: That sounds good to me!
Those were her exact words, quoting what she remembers my exact words being. I must have been spewing it all the time. How sad. I'm really going to try my darndest to not let the "crazies" begin. It might mean getting up a few minutes earlier. And taking a few deep breaths went I'm tempted to start barking orders. And practicing patience.
Anything you're practicing or working on?
What are you trying to do differently at this moment?
4 comments:
This sounds like a conversation that could happen at our house. Right now I'm trying to be consistent and prepare ahead of time. I need to have more routine and not be all over the place so that my kids know what to expect and I think it makes things run more smoothly. Same with preparing ahead...like lunches, or clothes or snack bags. Here's to no crazies!
All of the above! I think it's pretty typical for us moms to go into hurry hurry mode once school starts. I try to make them pick out clothes the night before and have an idea of what I'm doing for breakfast/lunch so that the morning goes smoothly. My kids are angels at getting ready in the morning if I've made the effort to make a little something for breakfast and get up early and get myself awake before they get up. Big difference from the mornings I'm still half asleep and serve cereal. Unfortunately, the latter is the norm around here.
I need to start practicing that patience thing too :)
Ijust tell my kids to quit complaining or else they can find a different family to live with.
it worked.
for a day.
now they are complaining again.
xo
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