Monday, 7 July 2008

Joy of all joys

Today was the first real day of the school holidays and all I can say is I hope it gets better. Instructions to feed the rabbits, put dishes in the sink and generally leave the place only moderately pig-sty-ish were left on the table when hubby and I left for work about 7.30am. My Mum and Dad picked everyone up around 10.00 and took them to the shops, then back to "Ma & Pa's"
Ma made Rocky road with the girls while the boys played on the computer and everyone was dropped home to play in their own neighborhood around 3.30.
From 3.30 things deteriorated. Miss P up the road (aged 12) was also home without supervision and she had instructions not to allow any "foreign" children into the house. Miss P talked our Tomboy into going inside, no drama yet, but also phoned some friends and invited them over.
Hubby and I came home to a sane household but at some stage no.1 son got in a right strop. Dimples can be rather obnoxious and self centred (to say the least) and today no.1 son had just had enough. Now no.1 son is a decent young fella but when he gets stroppy it's just a wee bit ugly. The strop seemed uncontrollable so I sent him to the spa (hot tub) for some warm-water-and-alone-time therapy. My plan was a dismal failure. The strop was undissolvable and then Miss P's mother showed up to tell us about the "no foreigners" rule. I agreed to reinforce the rule with my mob and Miss P's mother went off to reinforce it with Miss P.
My irrefutable, non-negotiable, no.1 piece of mother-wisdom says that cranky, naughty, difficult children are probably tired so I sent no.1 son to bed to sleep off his calamitous tantrum. I soon realised though, that I have deprived him of the chance to watch his favourite TV show: Southpark!
Oh no, I have probably condemned myself to a day of retribution for this terrible act of meanness.
So, there you go: Miss P has unauthorised visitors, no.1 son is snarly, Dimples is characteristically unrepentant for his contribution to events and there's only ten working days to go!
I had been thinking of posting on the Weekend Wandering topic "What brings you to tears?" and now I have. Unintentionally :)

17 comments:

  1. Hi Kylie, sounds like you had your hands full. After this past weekend I wish some one would send me to hot tub for some warm water and alone time therapy!

    just bob

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  2. I'll be back when I can focus and read. For now, will you please say a prayer for my feral cats and all the other animals who suffered. Thank you sweetie.

    XO

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  3. Special,

    Oh my dear, it sounds like one of those days, definitely! Stroppy, misbehaving kiddies - rather you than me, my love! Hopefully the rest of the holiday won't be so traumatic - at least you have your blogging to fall back on!

    love ya hun,
    Peej xxx

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  4. I just posted on the blog below in case anyone cares. I guess I've been procrastinating on coming here. Not really, I've just been working. I hope your school holiday gets better too. Kids know how to push the parental buttons and the proverbial envelop too. Good luck.

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  5. Bob,
    Don't you get enough alone time therapy?

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  6. Thanks for reminding me of that.

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  7. Taking a break from watching "Two and a Half Men" to say g'day.
    M.

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  8. @kylie
    that's a good prayer for Suzanne's kitties ;)

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  9. Kylie my dear, I feel you on this one...maybe it was off to a whizz-bang start and now all will be peaceable and delightful...we can hope...Hedgehog's school has a THREE MONTH summer holiday and I know all the parents were beginning to panic at least a month before school ended...I guess the teachers are happy though.

    I too put Hedgehog in bathtub therapy and it sometimes works. But sometimes we just end up with a flooded bathroom...

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  10. This is what I've learned:

    1. Thank God I just have kitties, a dog, goldfish and stress.

    2. Thank God I don't have a hot tub. I hear they have a lot of bacteria and apparently don't work on attitude adjustment (especially with kids).

    3. Thank God I learned in the previous post Cece commented about selling her book. She better use the word "sell" properly in a sentence if she wants to sell it.

    4. Thank God I learned my friend Debbie found you in the previous post and that my recommendations are golden!

    Love you! Great post and very funny. Good luck with honey!

    XO

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  11. Good luck with honey too! But actually, good luck with that honey! God I'm tryin'

    XO

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  12. The young-uns can be a real handful no matter what age they are. It's always something new too it seems. Well said!

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  13. Dear Kylie,
    Hope things will get better...
    my little one is not different...thanks god she is only 2 and 1/2..but she will keep me in my toes all day from 5.30 am to 9.00 pm... :))
    sometime I wish i stayed single...
    Hope you having a good day..
    ♥ and ((hugs))
    bindi

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  14. Sounds like you had a MOST fabulous day! LOL

    By the way, define "strop" or "stroppy" the the ignorant American blonde girl. Does that mean he lost his cool and had a blowout? I know, I'm a dork!

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  15. you got it, queen goob!
    he had a big tantrum, he's not a noisy tantrummer but the attitude! blech!

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  16. @bob
    hi!

    @pj
    yep, blogging might save me :)

    @cece
    i wish they'd stop pressing buttons occasionally....and we're still wondering what reverse pipetting is?

    @kooka
    two and a half men? blogging wins over that one

    @leah
    3 months???????
    kill me now

    @suze
    yep, you have a knack for the recommendations :)

    @skeeter
    thanks!!

    @bindi
    yep, sometimes i wonder what i was thinking.they're gorgeous when they're asleep, tho

    love to all
    xx

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