Between 3 and 5 in the morning. On ANY given morning. You will hear a loud, young, male child’s voice, screaming for his mommy.
And…between 3 and 5 in the morning. On ANY given morning. You will hear a Mommy stumbling out of bed to retrieve her loud, young male child from his room to bring into her room. Into her bed. So that there may be a few more hours of precious slumber…hopefully…
Well, at my house, anyway.
So, on this particular morning. After the retrieving this loud, young male child and bringing him into the bed with me…and savoring those last few, precious hours of sleep…
The kitten wakes up…
and, I take her downstairs to feed her. (She sleeps in a cage in my room…and ALWAYS disturbs those last couple hours of sleep)
And…I hear, from upstairs in my room, a loud, young male child…screaming for his Mommy to come and get him.
So…
I do.
I run upstairs and go into my room to collect my child.
And, every morning, he plays the same game.
He hides under my covers and I have to find him. I know…sounds very difficult. I haven’t lost him yet, though.
This morning, after I found him…I told him that we had to hurry and get ready. He was going to drive me to camp.
He got a little confused.
I said…Today, Mommy is going to camp.
He looked at me like he wasn’t sure if I was joking or not.
I told him that today was Mommy’s turn to go to camp and have fun.
He suddenly got that I was joking…and he said…
Mommy…camp is for little kids. So shut up and get me ready for camp.
Honestly. How dare he speak to his Mother like this. Who does he think he is…his Daddy?
So, you know what I did? No…I did NOT spank him. No…I did NOT give him a time out. NO…I did NOT take away his favorite toy for all eternity.
I turned on my heels. I went into the kitchen. And…I prepared him his breakfast and I got his clothes ready…
So that I can get him out of the house for a few hours…and have some peace and quiet from that obnoxious, loud, bossy, young male child…
and brace myself to deal with obnoxious, whiny, bossy tween girls and boys…
and and obnoxious, whiny, bossy husband…
who are all going to be home for another week.
And then…their camps start.
And life will be beautiful again!!
Gee…you just gotta love summer vacation. Especially when all the bossy, whiny and obnoxious people are gone for the day…
THAT is when Mommy’s camp starts!! Because being home, without the chaos…is like being at camp.
