Have you ever read your kids the riot act?!?! Where does this saying come from anyway? Well I read mine this act in question this morning. I told them to clean their rooms yesterday, well I should say room because while we have abuela withnus they are sharing. Anyway, when I went in this morning it was obvious that they half donkey'd it at best. I have been sick for two days now, and I thought they could be trusted to accomplish this task without my intervention. I was apparently delusional from my fever.
After threatening to throw it all away, they scurried around trying to clean up before school. I have been feeling bad about yelling at them, but not about why. They are great kids, but they do have their faults, just like the rest of us. The younger of the two has a harder time with the whole room cleaning thing. She is a pack rat in training...a future Hoarders episode in waiting if I do not break her cycle now. The older one just does not want to clean up after the younger one, which I understand but still, can I catch a break somewhere in here.
So now they are at school probably wondering if crazy mom really is going to throw out all their belongings, or if the fever has gone to my brain. I think a little of both are possible.
