Take two...

Oldest son is home. "Meanest mom ever" - take two. "Can I have a friend over"... literally not out of his boots yet. To which I say no. Look out, the child does not get what he wants. He has been wronged!!! "you NEVER let me have friends over!!!" UMMMMM... you just had a friend over two days ago. "yeah, wellaaaaa" My children think if they add a valley girl aaaa at the end of a word it some how makes it mean more. I watch kids at my house all day long, just got two more off the bus, I don't really want any more extra over today. If one has a friend the other two want a friend over. While I am all about each child sometimes doing their own thing, and they don't always all get a friend over when the other does. He did have a friend over just two days ago, yet... I'm the MEANEST MOM EVER!! Oh, and can the other three take the dvd out they are watching and take their snack in the other room, cuz he wants to play playstation!?

Home for 10 minutes...

So... Sulli has arrived home from school. It's been 10 minutes and we have already had our "YOU'RE THE MEANEST MOM EVER" moment! Fun times! The child that all people outside of our family describe as so sweet and quiet, turns into "chucky" when he arrives home. While spending 10 minutes on the Wii he manages to yell at his 4 year old brother the entire time. So, I explain that he will now be needing to take a break from the Wii and to put it away. But he heard..."yell at mom, pound your feet, throw the Wii remote on the floor." How did my words get so lost in translation?? He snuck in there "YOU'RE THE MEANEST MOM EVER" I write this as he sits up in his room for a time out.

You might be...

If you won't let your chid wear a tank top to school tomorrow...

you might be the meanest mom ever!  (FYI - we live in Rochester NY!!)

My First Blog...

So... here I am, about to blog my life away...

My friend recently introduced me to these blogs.  Being that I am obsessed with my computer and spend too much time on it already, I latched right on and started reading all of these blogs.  

After reading through many of them, I actually found myself (already having a pity poor me day) feeling even worse about myself.  I thought... is this really their reality??  Is everything really all sunshine and roses for all of these moms?  It can't be... right??  I thought, okay, other moms out there need to know they are not alone.  That while parenting can be the most rewarding job, coexisting with these creatures that we call children can be a mystery and completely exhausting! 

Let me start by stressing the disclaimer that I love my husband and my three wonderful boys.  I would take a bullet for anyone of them in a heart beat.  I do try to remember to see the good in things and the opportunities to make them better. 

That being said. The reality of life with three boys, on a very limited income, in this economy, can be, well... interesting, difficult, exhausting and filled with anything but sunshine and roses!  Yes, it can be funny, amazing, life altering and beautiful at times also. 

While my life is filled with love and joy with my boys... it is also often filled with anger and a feeling of failure.  It is my goal in to raise three well rounded, respectful, successful, loving men.  I often go through my daily life wondering if that will ever come to be.  I often feel like I am struggling to swim upstream against so many waves.  The harsh waves of our society, TV, video games and their peers all seem to be beating me down.  I'm really trying to keep afloat and drag my kids along with me. While trying to keep my kids well fed and clothed and well influenced...  while trying to instill values and the ways of life... I am ever so often referred to as... "THE MEANEST MOM EVER!"