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Dear Lord, please give me the strength to be Grant’s Mom…

May 31, 2009 21 Comments

Grant is not cooperating. He’s been told to clean up his room. I am not going to do it for him. It actually looks messier each time I check on him.

I just gave him a swat on his rear end because he sassed me about it. (Swat, with hand, totally appropriate and more for effect than anything.) Oh the drama! You’d think I had used a cattle prod. Oscar Award winning wails and crying. Pah-leeze.

“Grant! Stop with the crying.”

mmgmm. hiccup, cough cough, mmgmm, cough cough.

“Grant! Stop with the fake coughing.”

“I can’t stop coughing! I’m allergic to spankings!”

Is it too early for a drink?

Filed Under: Grant, mischief, video

Comments

  1. Housewife Savant says

    May 31, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    You cheered me up (without the coughing, and the nonstop weeping – THAT kind of cheered-up, and I’m sitting.)

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  2. J.J. says

    May 31, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    But I can’t “pick up” my room Mom, that is physically impossible, besides…it doesn’t cheer me up. 🙂

    Hope you got the mission accomplished! BTW..it isn’t too early “now” for a drink.

    Reply
  3. MiMi says

    May 31, 2009 at 11:23 PM

    Dude. That cheered me up! Is he trying to get your sympathy with the crying and being all cute? ‘Cuz it got mine! Poor little abused boy, making him organize his toys! 🙂
    Macey

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  4. Tina says

    May 31, 2009 at 11:24 PM

    It is NEVER to early for a drink!!!

    I’ll give you an old tip I learned many years ago….I would give 1 warning about cleaning up your room, if you didn’t do it i wouldn’t say anything else. I would get a trash bag and I would go in and collect all items on the floor, out of place, under the bed etc. etc. I wouldn’t say anything and when they would go to look for their things I would say….maybe that is the stuff I found all over the floor and I threw it away. Of course I didn’t really throw it away…cause I didn’t want to have to buy it again. They had to earn their stuff back. clean room would equal getting their stuff back.

    Worked like a charm and actually we threw many things away because sometimes they didn’t really miss the junk that much!

    Good luck!

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  5. Sarah says

    June 1, 2009 at 12:12 AM

    LOL – I thought only girls delivered that level of drama.

    I do something I swore I never would (my mom did it to us)….the dreaded black bag! Whenever I can’t get them to clean something up I throw it all in a black bag and throw it in my closet for a few days (sometimes they forget and it’s in there for weeks). A minute of crying then they get distracted 🙂 and I don’t have to look at it or nag about it any longer.

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  6. Becca @ The Texas Darlings says

    June 1, 2009 at 1:19 AM

    So apparently, I can not eat, drink, or have my daughter in the room when I read your posts now. As she watched the above video, she says, “Wow that’s a really mean mom!!”. Which led to us discussing what Mean really is and why we do things the first time we ask you too, and how Momma has been WAAAAYYYYY meaner than Miss Viv!!!!

    BTW, I love Tina’s idea- I am using that one with my son!!

    ~Becca

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  7. J.J. says

    June 1, 2009 at 2:44 AM

    hugs 🙂

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  8. jenjen says

    June 1, 2009 at 3:22 AM

    Vivienne – he is so cute. I love that! I have one who is allergic to cleaning her room, but at 13 I can’t swat her on the behind anymore. Any suggestions??

    XOXO
    Jen

    PS – I like those suggestions above about confiscating the items on the floor — genius!

    Reply
  9. Connie Weiss says

    June 1, 2009 at 3:31 AM

    Geez….Kate Gosselin….you were a little rough on poor Grant weren’t you? LOL! I’m kidding of course because I also have a master manipulator for a son.

    Love the convo about what cheered up means!

    Reply
  10. Anissa says

    June 1, 2009 at 4:06 AM

    Too funny! My 3 year old loves to help with any type of house work — but when you say it is time to clean your room — forget drama!!!!!!

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  11. Alicia says

    June 1, 2009 at 4:11 AM

    That is halarious!!

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  12. Xazmin says

    June 1, 2009 at 4:32 AM

    Oh no! Allergic to spankings. That is too much!

    My kids are allergic to cleaning their rooms!

    Actually to any kind of work!

    Reply
  13. The Rambler says

    June 1, 2009 at 4:48 AM

    Nice.

    What kind of mother are you? He’s gonna grow up and want to keep a clean house 🙂 Are you mad woman?

    I kid.

    I wish someone would clean my house up too….

    :sigh:

    Loved your post today.

    Reply
  14. mrosev14 says

    June 1, 2009 at 4:59 AM

    Oh that is too funny. I don’t know what my mom would have done if I told her I was allergic to spankings!!

    Thanks for stopping by to visit. 🙂

    Reply
  15. Julie says

    June 1, 2009 at 6:41 AM

    Why can they MAKE the mess so easily, but they are exhausted (or whatever) when it’s time to clean it up! Glad to hear I’m not the only one dealing with drama!

    Reply
  16. Christie in Dallas, TX says

    June 1, 2009 at 6:55 AM

    Hilarious! I don’t think I could have contained my laughter at the allergy statement!

    Reply
  17. Alex the Girl says

    June 1, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    Oh, Gaaaaawwwwddd…this is too funny. His responses were so typical “I’m trying my best to get out of having to do this.” Esp. when you said that he’ll have a clean place to play in and he said, “where?” Priceless.

    Reply
  18. Kelli says

    June 1, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    I can totally picture what the crying looked like…I have a dramatic one too!

    Reply
  19. Alli says

    June 1, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    Oh wow, have I been there too! Or just the response “but I can’t dooooo iiitttt!!!”

    And no, it’s never too early for a drink! 🙂

    Reply
  20. Liz @ Sugarplum Creations says

    June 1, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    “Cleaning my room makes me cough”, that is classic! I love it. I’ve got one of those 🙂

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  21. Kim says

    June 1, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    He is your kid Vivienne right down to the I’m allergic to spankings. And isn’t it funny how the appropriate miller time has become so important since motherhood??? I find myself saying to myself – well one glass of wine isn’t really considered drinking is it?

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