Last Wednesday was a BAD day. Our kids were misbehaving so badly I thought I was going to lose it. Wes was in Salt Lake working on his welding (he was laid off again BTW...grrrr). Well it started when I brought Hailey home from school. She really likes to tease Riley and he really likes to hit. So after about 10 mins of this I decided that I couldn't deal with it. I called my sweet sister and begged her to let Hailey play with Whitney. At about 4:00 I went to pick her up and she started yelling and screaming at me...she is so pleasant. I dragged her home so Katie didn't have to watch the tantrum! Well as soon as we walked thru the door the whining and fighting continued. After about an hour of playing referee, I grabbed them and hauled them out to our trailer for a very LONG time-out. Hailey screamed at me about how I never let her do anything and she gave me the, "I wish you weren't my mom" argument that we all love to hear. Eventually she cried herself to sleep. I let her sleep for about 30 mins and woke her up to eat dinner. She refused it and I took her back out to the trailer, leaving her by herself this time. Well, at this point I had had it and my wonderful mother-in-law came to my rescue. She let me sit downstairs to watch some tv (yay SYTYCD) and got Hailey to eat her dinner. Well when Wes got home that night, I told him about our lovely day and he told me to take the next day off and he would think of a consequence to help the kids learn their lesson. So, Thursday morning I took Hailey to school and then took off for the day. When Hailey got home from school he told her that since she didn't want me to be her mommy, I left. And when she decided that I was an okay mom, I would come back. Also, he told her that because of her behavior she was going to help him clean out the dog-runs. Of course she was mortified by this...which was the point. So here are a couple pictures from their cleaning session. I stayed away for about 12 hours, went bead shopping and hung out with my parents and sister. It was a lovely stress free day and a much needed relax fest!! So, if any of you have any ideas to help me better control my kids, please help. I am fully acknowledging the fact that I am not the greatest mom and do need help. Any advice is welcome!!
