I'm not sure where to begin today because I seem to have so much going through my scattered mind. I usually just start writing and see what comes out....
My boys decided to scratch up our brand new dining room table today. There's even a nice little J scratched into it right where my precious Joe sits. What was he thinking? He doesn't seem to mind getting into trouble lately. Is he craving attention from Tony and I? I am busier than ever with Stella and I seem to worry most about Anthony being stuck in the middle (the peanut butter, between two slices of bread, my sister would call it.) Meanwhile, Joe starts school again and is gone most of the day. He's also at that funny age where they want independence but deep down they want their mama just as much! Needless to say, dad and I were very upset about the table and they are grounded from just about everything for the week. I'm not sure if that will be harder on them or me!?!
All of that being said, there are so many worse things in life than a scratched table! So many!
That is why I rarely bought anything 'nice' or displayed anything that I was afraid would get broken if something should happen. I have been lucky, for the most part my children never did anything to break or ruin things, but if they had, it wasn't a big deal to me because we 'lived' in our home and accidents happen :) Now I have nicer things, but I still feel like they are just 'things' and my kids are the real deal. As long as I get them raised with minimal 'scratches' I feel I have done my job. I can't replace my kids, but the stuff in my house I definitely can :) I am ALMOST positive that those 3 kids will do things as they grow that you will scratch your head and wonder what the heck were they thinking?!? Just use those times as 'learning opportunities'...for both of you :)
ReplyDeleteYou are right Julie! We tried to let the boys know that they did something they shouldn't have done, but most importantly we wante to know that they are WAY more important than a dining room table
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