it's a conspiracy!!!

So today was the first day i REALLY wanted to go hide in my closet and send the kids of to SOMEWHERE!!! it was warm but kind of Stormy so they couldn't go outside much (although they did get some good muddy fun in this morning) so i thought I'd be "super Mom" and take them to lunch and then get some little things Brad still needs for camp next week... and i thought I'd throw in a good bribe for more house cleaning done before we left (ie: you have to have ALL your daily chores done BEFORE we leave or you get left!)

so the first strike against me of coarse we had bickering before we left as they were doing their chores.. but all in all it wasn't horrible and everyone got done in the specified time (with in a couple/cough/30 minutes anyway)...

2nd strike.. We all decided on Friendly's a great little chain that isn't too too expensive and the best part (according to the kids) is every kids menu item come with a sundae at the end of the meal... now here's the strike: KayLea's fascination with public restrooms.. i guess i shouldn't complain since she was kind of a late bloomer in the potty training category but honestly this kid had to go like 3 times at friendly's (and the last 2 times i went in the stall with her and threatened no ice cream if she didn't produce.. and she DID... stinker!) don't judge me.. you'll understand..

3rd strike... we leave friendly's and it's muggy but not too bad.. head to Target first thing KayLea asks me if can she get a "treat" from the dollar isle.. i tell her yes IF she's a good girl and doesn't wine and beg for things while we are shopping.. she agrees... (this is a normal deal she and i strike on a regular basis) thing i didn't think of.. I'm out of practice of having all 3 kids with me... HUNTER needed the same bargain.. Brad needed water shoes.. so Hunter of coarse NEEDED water shoes.. NOT!!! I told hunter he didn't have any money banked (an explanation of our family's earned allowance policy i guess is in order soon)... so he decided he didn't NEED water shoes but EVERYTHING and i mean everything we had to get for Brad, Hunter came up with some pretty convincing reasons he needed the same or similar.. i resisted.. and threatened bodily harm if Hunter didn't cut it out and for the most part it worked.. UNTIL we are done and we get to the dreaded dollar isle... this isle in Target i believe was invented for the SOLE purpose of torturing mothers.. KayLea couldn't decide she tried to wiggle 2 things i stood firm (you'd be proud!) she cried and cried and i told her she had broken our deal and no dollar thing.. she quickly swallowed her tears and decided she wanted a potato gun just like the boys (oh yea Hunter got to choose something from the dollar isle and Brad DID have money banked so yea there you go)... i said FINE I'd give in (don't judge me!) BUT if she smarted or whined again there was NO MORE CHANCES.. so we go to check out.. and she starts throwing a fit because she sees a YO YO (for $5.00) in the check out isle (another way they torture mothers!) i said no she wined and then i did it.. i put the potato gun up and she didn't get it which created screams thankfully we were 98% done checking out or i think i would have had to just walk out empty handed she's throwing a mother of a fit all the way to the car and now it's raining and thundering pretty bad and I HAVE to make one more stop at the dreaded wally world..

4th strike.. she shuts up pretty quickly when she remembers i said i needed to go to WalMart just for a handful of things i couldn't find at Target (my preferred store for things other than food)... she promised promised she would be good.. the boys wanted to wait in the car because Brad had spent some birthday money on a new video game and since i didn't need much i rolled down the windows and let them... she was good as gold walmart doesn't have dollar isles (probably it's ONLY point in it's favor) so she's asking things along the way, here's our conversations sort of... she "can i have a candy" me: "no, i don't think more sugar today is a good idea" she.. "how about a toy" me: "if we see a toy for a dollar maybe but I'm not sure we'll find that here"... then she spots an arcade type thing towards the door she asks if she can play ONE game for her treat.. i tell her VERY CLEARLY one game, no matter if you loose right away look they have horses (mary go round type small thingie normally in front of grocery stores) that would be good, "we'll see mommy" (famous last words).. we check out she's getting excited.. we go to the little thing and then i realize it is ALL those claw games where you try to get a prize.. i tell her we should just ride the horses because she's only getting one chance and she's no good at this and neither am I.. she resists and says "i know what I'm doing mom!" (remember this girl is only 5).. i say fine i put my dollar in the little sucky dollar thingie and she moves the joystick pushes the button and of coarse doesn't pick up ANYTHING... (dollar isle isn't looking so bad now hua folks!) there are tears screams.. she wants one more chance etc.. a grandma with her cute granddaughter on the horses WE should have been on just laughs, she heard my plea with KayLea prior to this... i do what i swore I'd never do and say if you stop crying RIGHT NOW you can get something from the machines outside (gum ball machines).. she gets a sticky hand and all is well...

5th strike (oh yea how'd you like to play in MY baseball game!) we get home un load and Hunter claims he's starving!!! i tell him since i took them out to a nice lunch we would do simple dinner (ie: soup and sandwhiches or casadias).. another fit ensues!!! and then KayLea who's told the sticky hand MUST be taken outside comes in covered in mud saying she lost the hand and she fell in the mud... (probably not the worst thing that could have happened, the hand lost not the falling in the mud)

everyone is finally asleep and we had snow cones and popcorn for dinner.. REMEMBER don't judge me!

So HOW was your day...

ta ta for now..