Ivy Tied Up |

How kids make you feel. My kids change daily. Their moods, likes, and dislikes. They change more than they change clothes and thats alot! My oldest has been the pick of the week for trouble. She is normally no problem at all. Nothing but 100% attitude but nothing I havent been able to handle. Until recently anyhow. I thought attitude problems started when they were teens. However I find that I thought wrong. At only 6 years old my oldest is driving me mad with her attitude. She is something so bizarre. one minute she is fine the next she isnt. She cries at the drop of a dime.. You look at her wrong and her world falls apart. She has been mean to everyone lately. Her ups and downs are unreal. Her grades are poor already and the harder I push the more she rebels! A six year old rebelling! UNREAL! It’s really put me into check. I know I gave my mum a hard time as a teen and I expect that back once they hit teen years but she is only 6! If its bad now will it get worse? Oh man I don’t know if I can handle worse!

The good news is that everyone tells me this is totally normal for a six year old girl. That their girls went through the same thing and while it makes me feel better hearing that.. They still say it gets worse when they become teens… Does this mean my youngest will go through this to? How on earth will i handle 2 going through this? Atleast there is a boy int he mix there and its not 3..but he will rebell as well at some point. I can’t wait for the real fireworks..

So lately its been non stop trying to deal with Diva’s “tude”. She has become dedicated to making sure everyone in the house is walking on egg shells. But I put my foot down with her yesterday and crushed the eggshells and she didnt take it well. She cried and cried and I told her the crying wasnt goign to win her anything. She finally stopped. Today she has only cried twice. Improvement but will it last? I sure hope so.

Bug hasn’t changed too much. He has a birthday next month. Can’t believe he is already going to be 5. He has his wish list ready. All he wants is a big huge monster truck.. One i’m sure i cant afford seeing as how his bday is 2 days after christmas. He is inlove with trucks and cars. Its a good thing I have a thing for cars and trucks because his daddy surely doesnt. Right now he wants to be a race car when he grows up. Diva doesnt have a plan for when she grows up yet. She just says she wants to wear big shoes meaning those big chunky heel shoes. Doesnt matter if its a boot or what.. just needs big heels.. That kid has more shoes than everyone else in my house combined.

Now the youngest. She keeps me laughing. She came in my room this morning at 5am. She said,”Mumma, me need yur bed” and climbed in. I was too tired to argue. She has already learned what Christmas is. She tells me daily that Kissmas(christmas) is coming and that she wants presents. Ask her what she wants her reply is”Presents”. She doesnt know exactly what she wants but she would be happy with a box of oreos… She is so much easier to please than the other 2.

And to top it off…
The topic of the day..

What do you do when your 4 almost 5 year old asks you what sex is and why? And then thinks its okay to talk about it in public. Any advice?