"If we have just enough milk for my growing boys or for my coffee tomorrow morning, too bad shrimpies."
"His feet smell bad but not bad enough to make them take a shower."
"How would they react if I screamed 'POKEMON IS STUPID!'?"
"What if I just made him wash his feet instead? I think they might take their shoes off at camp tomorrow."
"What bribes would work to get them to not act like banshees in the grocery store after work?"
"I'm sure families all over the US eat cheese, crackers, and grapes in the car as an acceptable, well-balanced dinner."
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First, that IS a well-balanced dinner, at least compared to the pizza, bread (yes! AND bread!), and (untouched, as I knew they would be) green beans I gave my kids the other night.
And second, I have had the exact same thought about the milk situation before. You are not a terrible person, we need caffeine. It's a fact.
Finally, OMG with the foot stink! It is astoundingly awful. We (when I remember or am not trying to gethekidsintobedasfastaspossible) have resorted to washing feet on non-bath nights.
Glad you're surviving!!
High FIVE, Laura! You managed to both crack me up and inspire me this morning! Well done!
In a bag!!
I've made Michael wash his feet in the sink so that I could avoid the bath hassle. I've also wiped his feet with a baby wipe and then slipped fresh socks over the still mostly stinky feet. I mean, come on, they are just going to get stinky again the next day, right? Who is going to know that it's day old stink instead of fresh stink?
There have been multiple times that my kids have had a dinner of apple slices, cheese, and croissants or muffins while sitting in a grocery cart so I could keep them quiet while doing my grocery shopping, so that seems like a perfectly acceptable meal to me!
If it's any consolation, your "bad mom" thoughts made me laugh this morning. Hope he's home soon.
Am I horrible mom because some of my bad mom thoughts are waaaaay worse than these? LOL.
TH is the "single parent" 3 nights a week at bedtime when I'm at work. So guess what....2-3 nights a week he has judiciously decided that the kids don't BOTH really *need* a bath. Just whoever can't pass the smell test. On Fridays apparently nobody needs a bath because it's the weekend. Hey, who am I to argue, I'm not there.
This made me laugh out loud at work. Thanks ;) And I do believe your dinner was completely acceptable.
Uh, that's dinner for us (though admittedly we have a no food in the car rule) except for the cheese we substitute pepperoni.
I think it's A-ok if you're wrangling 2 kids by yo'self ;)
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