You
know what they tell me is really cool? Sleep...
It’s
not the three C’s that get us (Carpooling, Cleaning and Catering), it’s the mind games
the kids play that really wear us down.
For instance, those times when Shelly would spend hours making dinner
but not get any response at all to the question of, “are you absolutely,
positively, unequivocally sure there is nothing else you want for dinner?”
until after she sits down to eat.
Thirty minutes of that will do in anyone. I would help her but I am too busy waiting for my food.
Jesse
is the queen of the mind game.
First, she NEVER sleeps.
She loves to stay up late and “shop” in Shelly's closet rather than
going to bed. Thank goodness
for video surveillance cameras – a kid could get lost in there. There are nights when every single one
of Shelly's 218 pairs of shoes is spread out across our floor. Other nights we just find her asleep in
the purse aisle or eating at the mini café.