I sat back and just listened when I could.
Some inconsequential thing happened, but I new I was being lied to. I hate that, so I sent my Irish triplets to their rooms until some one could tell the truth. Little H came down swearing her innocence. I knew she was in the clear so I sent her off to play. I announced to the hoodlums left in their rooms that Little H was off the hook. They were surprisingly calm, so I listened,
Bubba, " So what are we going to tell her?
Wild Thing, "I didn't do it!"
Bubba, " Yeah, but Mom is mad."
Wild Thing, "I DIDN'T Do it!"
Bubba, "FINE, I will just go tell the truth!"
Negotiations over........... He was so sad when we were all swimming and he was stuck in quiet time for lying. Hope he enjoyed his nap.
My kids were amazed a lady as old as me could actually swim.
I was amazed at how few laps I could do, yikes...
I left a child at home, SCARY! I was misinformed of a baseball playoffs games starting time.(Duh, the messenger is a 10 yr old boy!) So when the coach called frantic telling me my son would be the reason they forfeited. I threw the kids in the car and drove off. We were halfway to the ballfeild when Sweet K screams, "We forgot Miss M!" I dropped off my half dressed baseball player just in time and drove home. The front door was wide open. This is where the what kind of Mother am I doubts started screaming through my brain. Who runs off with out a child? The door being opened sent me into panic mode. Mind you it has only been 8-10 minutes. My mind went crazy, I ran in the house and down the stairs and there sat Miss M in all her 7 year old glory watching Mickey Mouse Club House. She was totally oblivious to her plight. My only thought was maybe I need to pummel one 10 Year old boy into learning to close doors! Okay, I don't pummel my kids but I wanted to right about then. Really it's my fault for not counting kids. I Know I over reacted a little, but it scared me that the next time we would be on vacation, it would be a gas station in the middle of Idaho and I wouldn't notice for over an hour or more. My folks did that to my brother. It's funny now but my parents were not laughing at the time.
We have an adoption day and time for Tankster!!! Yippee!!!! Now we pray every day and night and any prayer in between that some bio relatives do not file a motion to intervene. He won't leave, it will just delay the adoption and we do not want that or the legal hassle.
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lol You don't know how many times I have done this. My heart has a stroke each time.. I hate it.. I count heads, sometimes I guess I can't count that well.
So excited for you and the adoption. Congrats
When we were at our family ranch we left with out one of my brothers. it had been a good 20 minutes until we realized we forgot him. This was before cell phones and luckily my grandparents barely saw him, who were the last to leave and caught up with us.
This happened all the time. so glad Mickey was babysitting :)
I know that panicky feeling. If it makes you feel any better, I lost Taylor once. You know I only have two kids, right?
I love the conversation between Bubba and Wild Thing.
Hope everything goes well with Tankster's adoption!
Don't feel bad. I did it once too (don't tell). I felt like the worst mother ever! (I only have two kids). I was talking to them and never looked back until I got to a stop light. When I discovered what I had done...I raced home in a panic just like you. My son was safe, but I was ashamed and mortified.
Keep swimming! It is good for the body and mind. I miss going to the gym. My stupid job is interfering with my mental therapy (i.e. the gym). :)
Well, if you leave a kid in Idaho I will rescue them for ya! :) And don't worry....we all have our "mommy moments" that we aren't so proud of. and YAY for swimming...wish it would warm up here so we could too! :)
Congrats on the adoption! We left the youngest at the ball fields one night. Each of us thought the other car had him. We got home and got a call from a league official telling us to come get our damn kid.
Yeah, I felt like crap but now we laugh about it. Sad this, we had been home for a few minutes before the call and STILL didn't realize he was missing. We totally suck!
I forgot Joy at home once. We were going to the drive in and had a couple extras. This was what started me counting everytime we go somewhere. She'd called my mom to come rescue her, we realized she wasn't with us not even 5 minutes away and went back but the teary message she left was heartbreaking. I make them count off everytime we get in the car. And I count continuously when we go somewhere.
I feel like loosing/forgetting a child and having it end up ok is a tender mercy from the Lord to just help us remember so it doesn't happen again in the future, for a time when it could have ended much worse.
I am so excited about the date being set for Tankster!! Congratulations! I am amazed at how many sweet children you have been able to add to your family in such a short amount of time. I will pray that no petitions are made to intervene.
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