So... I have my sister’s kids. Awesome kids. Panda is 7 and Kodiak is 1. I love having them but it does make it a little hectic to go anywhere. Raegan and I braved it though and herded all 5 children to Home Depot. Jocelyn and Panda were having a little too much fun climbing in and on and through everything. I asked them a bunch of times to stop (and I swear, I used my nice voice). Finally after they climbed under a shelf bearing like a million pounds of drywall I had to pull out the mean/grouchy mommy voice. I made them fold their arms until we left. Yeah, I know, grouchy. Somehow though, I don’t think Home Depot is a playground. The conversation on the way home went something like this:
PANDA (to Jocelyn): Don’t you remember we are not talking all the way home?
JOCELYN: Oh yeah.
ME: Why aren’t you talking?
PANDA: Because you made us fold our arms in the store.
ME: Are you punishing me?
PANDA: Yep. And we aren’t going to talk all the way home.
After spending the day with 5 kids and asking them over and over to quit screeching in the van and to behave at Home Depot they are punishing me for punishing them by giving me...silence?
Wow. They showed me didn’t they?
Kind of reminds me of a little song by Depeche Mode entitled Enjoy the Silence.
