Evolution of a mother
Overheard at this house...
Me: Come here. Come HERE. HERE. No, OVER HERE. OVER HERE. No, not yet, quite....COME. HERE.
(As seen here: No one says it like Bill C.)
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Me: Look at me. Look at me. LOOK. LOOK AT MAMA. LOOK AT MAMA's FACE! No, not there, UP, UP HERE. LOOK AT MAMA!!! Where is my face???
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Me: You will not call me, you will not bang on the door, you will not stomp up the stairs. You will be quiet.
Kid: But...
Me: NO. You will not call me and will not come in here. Unless there is fire or someone is bleeding, you will not come get me!
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Me (at different times of the day): Ivan, stop stealing candy! Nikola, stop eating the dog food! Digby, stop eating the baby's poop!
Posted at 12:02 PM on March 20, 2009
Do you ever have to tell them, "Do NOT come through the house calling me. Just find me and then talk to me quietly!" My kids start their conversation with me on the other side of the house and talk the whole way as they look for me. They always do this while the baby is asleep. I just had this conversation with Damian 5 minutes ago.
I have to keep telling mine, that If I don,t answer their piercing shriek, it is probably because I am not in a position to yell. (toddler sleeping) So they should come look for me quietly. They don't always remember.
I have a dvd of Bill Cosby saying that... too funny, so true. Kids are brain-damaged.