the man in the closet

i started putting away sentimental or really nice gifts that were given to the girls when they were born and ive added items to the pile.  mostly to save them cause once the girls get into something it gets ruined fast!  ha.  i put the items in boxes or shelves in their closet

yesterday i found 1 red shoe and 2 stuffies that were in the closet on the playroom floor. i went to ellie and asked if she did it. she said "im not lying (we are working with ellie and her lying!) mom, i promise. joey did it!"

so i found joey and cornered her and asked "did you take the stuffies and shoe down?"
she says "no, i didnt!  a bad man from my dream took it from the closet and gave it to me"
i said "a bad man from you sleep?
joey says "yes, a bad man"
i said joey "men from dreams dont take items from the closet.  did you take the stuffies?"
she says "no, i didnt.  a man did it"
i said "joey, are you lying? tell the truth who took the stuffies? was it a man in your closet?"
she looks down at the floor and says "me. i did it. im the bad man who took it down"

haha.  a bad man in the closet from her dream???? yea, shes the creative one.  but she fessed up...now to work on ellie and her tall tales. 

man, just when you get one kid on the "good road" the other 2 go off on the "bad road"  parenting is NOT all fun and games. ha. 

last night, i made a point to plan and cook a family dinner. its hard to get everyone home at supper time to eat.  so we are sitting down eating, chris and i are talking to the kids about some  of the behaviors we are seeing that are not good.  at one point i was talking to ellie and laying the law down.  she took her potato peel and threw it at me

the look on her face when she realized what she did
and she did it in front of chris
priceless

needless to say ellie went  to bed right after supper for the night.  im so glad chris was around to help me out, cause to be honest. after a long day of always trying to be on the ball and on their actions, correcting, teaching and breaking up fights. i tend to let things slide towards bed time. im tired. its been a long day...so i was grateful chris was around last night to help me out. 

just remind myself....it never gets easier. i just get better!

happy friday!

Posted by mel at 10:55 AM