Making food memories and "thankful" memories, because let's face it, sometimes other memories with children on Thanksgiving are just not worth keeping. (These are real conversations from today from our real and crazy family. The children's names in this post have been purposefully left out to protect them from being harassed by those of you who might know them.) 2:00am Mom, I don't feel... (insert vomit and more vomit...) Okay, try to keep your aim into my hands until we get to the toilet. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 4:30am repeat of 2:00am HAPPY THANKSGIVING 8:30am Stop talking! You are waking me up! (insert crying and tears from a healthy child) Baby, it's okay to get up and come down stairs now. Everyone else is awake. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 8:45am He's sitting in my chair!! I want my chair!! That's not fair! You sat there yesterday, it is his turn today. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 9:00am I don't want yucky toast and grapes for breakfast! It's gross. I told you I just want chocolate. You need to eat what I give you or else you won't eat anything the rest of the day. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 9:45am I don't want apple juice! I want milk! Sweetheart, you just asked me to get you apple juice so that's why I gave it to you. Please don't yell at me. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 10:00am I don't like this parade. It's too long. When is it going to be over? I want to watch cartoons. It's the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Just watch it. The Ninja Turtle float is about to come on and look at all the ballerina's dancing! . HAPPY THANKSGIVING 10:30am Eww! Mom!! I just saw him put his buggers on the couch! OK, give him this wet towel and tell him to clean them off right now. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 11:00am What's that yucky smell? Yuck. Everyone hold your nose. It stinks in here. That's Thanksgiving Dinner is cooking. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 11:45 Mom! I got poop on my hands! OK, don't move, and don't touch anything! I'll be right there. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 12:00pm I don't want to play outside. Can't we just come inside to play? No, you all need to stay outside until dinner is ready. It's so pretty out. It's going to snow soon and you'll be stuck inside for months. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 12:30pm Grandma Helen, I mean Tori, can I be all done eating? That is your Nonna. Her name is Nonna. And she is not in charge of how much you eat. You have to finish eating your lunch and then I will dismiss you from the table. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 1:30pm I'm STARVING!! You just ate lunch an hour ago and you had a snack 10 minutes ago. You are not hungry. Go outside and play. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 1:00pm Mommy, I want you to hold me. I can't hold you while I'm cooking baby, just sit here on the counter and don't touch the knives. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2:00pm I don't want to wear this! It has buttons. I want to wear my Halloween costume. I want you to look nice for Thanksgiving dinner. Please put on what I want you to wear just for today. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2:30pm He broke my tower and hurt my feelings! Come here. Show me where your feelings are so I can kiss them and make it better. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 3:00PM He hurt my feelings again! Work it out and go outside and play!!! We are eating in one hour and I don't want to see you until then. You need to play with each other nicely. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 4:30 I told you not to give me chicken! yuck! It's ham. You like ham. And your daddy is getting you ranch dressing to dip it in. Why is this macaroni white? I want the orange kind. It's just made with special cheeses and you'll like it if you just try it. Mommy, I like this, I just want the pretzels out of the jello and separated from the cream. Baby, I can't take it apart. Just eat it the way it is. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 4:45 *I am thankful for my family and my friends but mostly my family. And for batman and for legos. I am thankful for thanksgiving and for loving people and for helping people too. I am thankful for my lego table, but I want it to be a train table again. I am thankful for Nonna and Grandma Helen and Papa Claude and Papi and Tori and for Aunt Cathy and all of my cousins. And I am thankful for orphans because they can all come to live with us. *I am thankful for my mom and dad and my room. I am thankful for love. I am thankful for loving people. I am thankful for giving people stuff and for having a twin. I am thankful for my family, for my toys and for my school and my car and my house and for love. I am mostly thankful for love and loving people and having a loving family. *I am thankful for my family and farts and burps too (insert laughter from all the kids here). I am thankful for Nonna and the movie Inside Out. I am thankful for all my family and cousins and my grandparents. I am thankful for my mommy. I am thankful for my family being together and for everyone that helps each other and gives to people. *I am thankful for Curious George and all the bulldozers in the whole world and for my mom and dad and for my turtle, Lucky. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I couldn't be more thankful for my family. |
AuthorI am a mother of 4 small children. I am happiest when I am busiest and if the kids don't keep me busy enough I need projects to fill my days. I love Jesus and I love my family and I love the chaos around me for it brings the calm. Archives
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