Skip to main content

sibling love

we seem to have been getting along so well...until today!! this morning has been one bit of trauma after another!! why don't siblings get along all the time???

what started it all - princess asked to look at her piggy bank. mapboy who collects the state quarters (he has all of them thanks to our banker friend) quite kindly asked his sister to give him all of her quarters. she could care less about saving them in a collection and kindly said she would not give him any money. this seems to be going well - until, mapboy jumps up, screams at the top of his lungs, and stomps out of the room. princess begins to cry that he yelled at her and he screams he wants her money!!!

it seems to me that this has some deeply hidden lessons in this argument. but i solve it quickly with:
"Mapboy, you go to your room and look at your own quarters. these belong to princess."

"princess, put your quarters away."

end of story......or so i thought....all of 20 minutes later the bargaining begins.

Mapboy: i'll let you play in my room for quiet time.
princess: mom doesn't let us play together for quiet time.
mapboy: well you can play alone in here.
princess: where will you be?
mapboy: i'll have quiet time in mom's room.
princess: i don't think so. i'll keep my money
mapboy: MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh the joys of being a mom.....i'm not sure why he feels the need to have 2 sets of quarters. i think it has more to do with just wanting to fight with his sister today!

i keep thinking someday they will be best friends!!!!!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

me, on politics

i despise politics. i never liked it, but i married a man fascinated with it. a man who wanted to be part of it all...and was, briefly. boy were our eyes opened... anyways...it seems like this election has several hot button topics. one of which is universal healthcare. my cousin started a blog called politics for mom and there have been several heated debates going on. i was reading several comments on healthcare. and frankly i was bothered! now, i don't know that a strict universal healthcare is the answer, but i do know that we have now doesn't work for the average person. here is our story.... hubby worked in a small business - 3 employees at the most that i can remember. we paid 1/2 our insurance..until it came to the point where our half each month was twice what we would pay if we were on our own. but for the owner it saved him money. so he agreed to cover ours in full. we were very grateful. i also know at times, that because of the healthcare cost, it was a struggle f...
9 comments
Read more

from the kitchen...

chicken bruschetta bake if you know me, you know my great distaste of tomatoes. i usually pick the tomato chunks out of my sgetti sauce. yes i just called it sgetti!! i eat all the chunks of my salsa, except the tomatoes. but over the past few years i've gotten a bit brave and will eat small pieces of tomatoes in fresh salsa and in this dish as well. i hadn't fixed this in probably over a year. but a few weeks ago i pulled out my recipe file to find some old favorites. i found this and realized i had everything in the pantry. that's a deal!!!!! i did have to switch out the diced tomatoes because my can was crushed instead. i prefer the diced but this worked just as well. the kids loved the chicken, but not so much the topping. this was great as leftovers, too. i ate it for lunch the following two days. 1 can. (12.5oz) diced tomatoes, undrained 1 pkg. stove top stuffing mix for chicken (i use aldi brand) 1/2 cup water 2 cloves garlic, minced 1.5 pounds skinless...
4 comments
Read more

they're here!!!!

this is not how i left my house this morning. in fact, i wanted to take a picture of kitchen set-up #2. it was really quite a nice set-up my hubby did! very functional and i was pleased. but i came home this afternoon to my kitchen being moved to the dining room and boxes everywhere!!!!!!! as you can see....the cabinets are in and some are going up RIGHT NOW!!! isn't she pretty? i can turn each shelf by itself. look there are four drawers in the picture. i am used to only 1 drawer....what will i ever do with so many drawers? see those boxes above....i think i'll be able to start putting them away - maybe even tonight, although with idol, the olympics, and a very important mom's morning talk to prepare the box emptying may just have to wait! if you look closely you can find the red trim paint we sampled....i can't wait for the full effect ahh.....did i mention the countertops won't be installed until the 27th at the earliest and that i'm not without a kitchen ...
5 comments
Read more