KIDS......

UUUGGHHH!!!!  Oh my god kids can be sooo frustrating!!!  Don't get me wrong I LOVE my kids!!  BOTH of them despite what Jailyn says but she is sooo much like me I want to scream!!!  She's 7 going on 17 and she has such a sassy little attitude & she's too smart for her own good!!  She was grounded for a week for lying to my face 3 days in a row about her room being clean and when she finally gets off on Saturday it only took her a whole 24hrs to get grounded AGAIN!!  This time it was for her manipulation of her brother.  First we were in the car & hte kids were watching a movie, well Jailyns headphones were out of batteries so she (knowing her brother does just about anything she asks) suggests ever soo sweetly to Marcus "Hey lets trade headphones!!  That'll be fun!!" Of course he does and she just smiles away while she lets him take the dead headphones like she did nothing wrong!!  Marcus of course figured it out right away & was pissed but of course he didn't learn from that.  So the next morning when Jailyn tells Marcus he should go wake up Daddy @ 7 am on Sunday to make her breakfast he happily does!  well JR reluctantly gets up & makes them eggs & bacon but when Marcus goes upstairs without eating ( because he wasn't hungry he doesn't like to eat that early) JR yells @ him telling him that if he woke him up he was going to eat!!  Marcus comes sobbing upstairs to me to explain( of course this WHOLE time Jailyn sits there letting Marcus get in trouble knowing it was her idea to wake him up).  So needless to say she was grounded AGAIN until Wednesday! It's been almost 2 whole days without being grounded!!!  I wonder how long she will last?!?  Believe me I know Marcus is NOT perfect!!  He gets in his fair share of trouble too but this blatant manipulation and even get me started on the MOUTH!!!  It just hits sooo close to home that the whole what goes around comes around saying seems to be really ringing in my ears as of late!!  All I have to says is: 

1) God help Jailyn if she has a daughter!!

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2) I continue to have a new found appreciation for all the CRAP my mom put up with from me!!

That's all my venting for now!!!

NAT