Dear Super Nanny
I think I need some serious help! Returning from a day long adventure with our two kids (6 1/2 and 5 years old), Grandma, in a serious voice, said the kids were not allowed to go for their evening swim. Her report, "They threw their Leapsters at each other as I was driving along the highway - I had no where to pull over, THEN they started arm farting the whole way home! They are unbelievable. Cody maneuvers himself around the system ... and Madison likes to cause drama at every moment."
I was so angry that our kids gave Grandma such a hard time on our recent visit to Arizona but at the same time it made me laugh seeing her in such a huff. The reality is that every waking day includes a number of dramas before we even get out the door in the morning. Most moms joke about the battles they've fought, mountains they've climbed, and emergencies they've endured all before 8am, but shouldn't our days be a little more heavenly?
After Grandma told me I need to get a grip with my kids, I caught up with one of my Arizona pals who has three kids ages 13, 7 and 5. We hit the pool and within minutes her 13-year-old boy was scratching and irritating her 7-year-old girl. Secretly, it was a beautiful moment. I was NOT alone. Our catch up got even better when she gave me the update on her sister and her kids. It turns out she qualified for the American Super Nanny show because her youngest was sooo bad. I couldn't believe it!
Our own kids' behavior was again highlighted when we visited friends who don't have any kids in Santa Monica. While they were relaxed and fancy free, I had Cody kicking me because I did something that irritated him, then I had my hair tugged by Madison - all while my friend was witnessing our kids for the first time. I was partly thinking I should say our kids aren't normally like this but then realized we were accumulating a lot of the good, bad and ugly on our holiday. So who was I fooling?
We had already endured a two- hour beach bike rental that lasted 10 minutes after tantrums, a pool episode which left our football between the breasts of a relaxed sunbaker, a babysitter who was bribed by our kids to give them presents, the "discovering" of poo in a bathing suit, and a breakfast in a very nice hotel with the kids eating pancakes and syrup with their hands.
Do you mind if I put you on speed dial?
xx Roxy
I think I need some serious help! Returning from a day long adventure with our two kids (6 1/2 and 5 years old), Grandma, in a serious voice, said the kids were not allowed to go for their evening swim. Her report, "They threw their Leapsters at each other as I was driving along the highway - I had no where to pull over, THEN they started arm farting the whole way home! They are unbelievable. Cody maneuvers himself around the system ... and Madison likes to cause drama at every moment."
I was so angry that our kids gave Grandma such a hard time on our recent visit to Arizona but at the same time it made me laugh seeing her in such a huff. The reality is that every waking day includes a number of dramas before we even get out the door in the morning. Most moms joke about the battles they've fought, mountains they've climbed, and emergencies they've endured all before 8am, but shouldn't our days be a little more heavenly?
After Grandma told me I need to get a grip with my kids, I caught up with one of my Arizona pals who has three kids ages 13, 7 and 5. We hit the pool and within minutes her 13-year-old boy was scratching and irritating her 7-year-old girl. Secretly, it was a beautiful moment. I was NOT alone. Our catch up got even better when she gave me the update on her sister and her kids. It turns out she qualified for the American Super Nanny show because her youngest was sooo bad. I couldn't believe it!
Our own kids' behavior was again highlighted when we visited friends who don't have any kids in Santa Monica. While they were relaxed and fancy free, I had Cody kicking me because I did something that irritated him, then I had my hair tugged by Madison - all while my friend was witnessing our kids for the first time. I was partly thinking I should say our kids aren't normally like this but then realized we were accumulating a lot of the good, bad and ugly on our holiday. So who was I fooling?
We had already endured a two- hour beach bike rental that lasted 10 minutes after tantrums, a pool episode which left our football between the breasts of a relaxed sunbaker, a babysitter who was bribed by our kids to give them presents, the "discovering" of poo in a bathing suit, and a breakfast in a very nice hotel with the kids eating pancakes and syrup with their hands.
Do you mind if I put you on speed dial?
xx Roxy
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