I just realized I never posted this from Thanksgiving morning.
'How I Met Your Mother' has been a show Wonderful Husband and I started watching in it's season one. We love it - every Monday we look forward to it.
Well, today we had our own version of Slapsgiving, unfortunately. It's hard to admit the not-so-great-things that happen in a seemingly nice family with such young kids...mostly from fear of the stigma that will go along with it. But, I'm deciding to open up. Under the covers everyone has things they deal with....it's the mantra I use to keep myself grounded & always conciously to not keep up with the Jones'.
This Thanksgiving morning my eldest slapped me across the face. Man, it hurt. The little 6 year old hand left a huge red mark on my upper cheek. Why? Because I was making french toast sticks and his brother said he wanted 6, which is the eldest's favorite number so started him getting very angry. I picked up the eldest to show him everyone starts out with 3 because that is how many fit in the toaster slot and....SMACK! Tingles...numbness...shock...handprint...sadness...anger...
When you hit the bottom, there is no where to go but up. For a girl who was never great in Art class, I'm pretty creative. There is now a clear box with a 'No Hitting' illustration sitting on top of the fridge. Every time someone hits, one of their toys gets put in this until the next day. What they don't know yet, is that they only get to pick one back when tomorrow arrives...not all of them. This box has been on the fridge for 40 minutes & there are already 2 toys in there.
What is strange, my horoscope says something about solving a problem that hasn't yet had a solution. Funny huh? I love horoscopes!
Right now I'm hanging in my office, clearing my head, drinking my coffee to start my morning (yes, it's only 8:45 am, and all this happened BC (before coffee)). I'm going to go upstairs & tell wonderful husband about our own 'Slapsgiving'...admist all this frustration as parents, I know it's going to make him laugh pretty hard. I'm thankful for him :)
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