Inevitability a few times each day, I have a moments where everything gets a little chaotic and I find myself yelling, "Serenity Now!" My kids wonder what I am saying (obviously not Seinfeld fans) but it seems to help calm my nerves.
Today's serenity now situation was at 5:10 PM. Aly had just hit someone so it was off to timeout for her. She was trying to get out of her 3 minutes by exploited her mother's feelings about barf. "I am going to barf, I am going to barf." Al then called to talk to the kids since he was working late and wouldn't get to talk to them before bedtime. I passed off the phone to Abby, who as eager to talk. I handed Aly a cup in case she really was going to try some bulimic action. Aly starting yelling, "I want to barf in the red cup, I want the red cup," over and over again.
That's when AJ starting yelling that Caleb had locked himself in my room and couldn't get out. As I was running around trying to find the magic screwdriver to unlock the door, I heard Jake crying as well and figured he was also locked in the room. I found the screwdriver, unlocked the door, Caleb ran out relieved, but no sign of Jake. I then realized that the crying was coming from upstairs and Jake had shut AJ's door and couldn't get out. As I was running upstairs I yelled to AJ to get the phone from Abby and talk to his dad. Al was playing his own broken record of "Bye Abby, can I talk to someone else" over and over again.
After I let Jake out, and could still here, "I want the red cup," was my serenity now moment.
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I loved that episode! I use that phrase too...Tate looked at me like I had about 5 heads last time, but I really did feel better afterwards! Sorry about the crazy day!
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