I like to think I’m cool and the girls like to “hang” with me and that I don’t embarrass them, or get on their nerves. {wishful thinking huh?}
The past few weeks have told me otherwise.
We took a group of teens to Winter Jam a couple weeks ago and took Emily & Audrey along. I wanted to sit with them, so we could enjoy their first concert together. We got all mixed up, David and I were in the first seats, the girls in the middle.
The whole time I’m thinking, I bet the girls wish we were sitting by them, I kept telling David I wanted to go sit with them, and at one point I did, and then I got the look. You know the look. They only talked to me when I asked them a question, then went back to talking with their friends. I took the hint and went back to my seat. HA!
As far as embarrassing them, I found out a couple years ago, I do that by just leaving the house, they started asking, are you wearing that? are you changing before we leave? or waving strangers down in Wal-Mart thinking I know them, only to find out, um, no I don’t.
As far as getting on their nerves, I always knew I did as a mom, reminding them to pick this up, brush their hair, or clean their room. I just didn’t realize I got on their nerves like, ya know, get on their nerves.
Until yesterday.
A couple months ago, Emily & Audrey got a texting app for their ipods so they could text their friends for free. And David put it on my ipod the other day so I could text my friends for free *haha*
Thing is, I didn’t know how to use it, and the girls had to show me how (I’m so 80’s) I wanted to know how to get it to ding when I received a message. I could not figure it out. So, I kept texting them, telling them text me back so I could see if I fixed it.
After a while, this is the text I got back from Audrey.
Child would rather fold towels than help her momma out! I think I might start texting them all day long if it will get housework out of them.
What makes it even more funny {to me} is last night I ran across a site called When Parents Text off a friends twitter feed. So funny.
As I was reading some of the text to David and the girls, the conversation turned to my texting from earlier in the day. The girls read the texts to David, then Emily went on to show us what Audrey would do when her ipod would ding.
Ya know the walk, when one sighs,and rolls their eyes, because something {or in this case someone} is getting on their nerves. *haha*
The teenage years are going to be SO much fun.
For me anyway.
My poor girls.
Wonder if we should start saving for therapy now?
Well, off to do a little texting.
What do you do to drive your kids crazy?
Just a note, I don’t know why, but I feel like I need to mention, the girls are in no way disrespectful to me or David. We have a good time in our house laughing {with or at one another} cutting up and just being plain silly. Some might find out sense of humor disrespectful, or think we are being mean to one another. That is far from the truth. I know when David calls me heifer, he means it with love. As do I when I call him what I call him. (someone actually got upset because of our little nicknames but he does also call me smokin’ hot wife ha!}
I am me plain & simple