I took Twit 1 and 2 and my two little cousins to the pool. Ya know, I thought I could handle it all on my own. 4 kids, no biggy. I babysit about 200 in a day at work not including adults that should know how to 'babysit' themselves.
4 twits at a pool, tiny bit of a mistake.
It's not that they were being bad, or not listening, it's just hard to keep track of 4 kids, especially in that lazy river!
We'd be going around, and I'd look up to talk to one of the lifeguards and when I'd look back down, one twit would be gone and one of my cousins. Lucky for me I had a nine year old helper, so she could look for one twit and I could look for the other.
We got there at about 1 o'clock and started to pack up around 5 o'clock, but the youngest twit, my precious-but-drives-you-absolutely-nuts little sister didn't want to go, at all, and she sat next to the pool and threw a gianormous tantrum. Me, being the anti-child fan that I am just left her there while I went with the other girls and started packing up our stuff. She wasn't far, about 20 feet away, so it wasn't like I was abandoning her or anything.
But, some nosy bystander thought I was abandoning her. She walks over to twit #2 and I hear her say "Come here hunny, I'll take you to the front office." and she shoots me a nasty dirty look.
Me:"Excuse me, she's mine, and she's fine right there. We're just getting ready to leave." This is my nice voice.
Nosy lady: "Well, can I help, she doesn't look very happy." and now she give me that 'your incapable of handling her' look.
Me: Now I have my serious face on, cause she just questioned my 'parenting' abilities. "No, I'm fine."
And this is where I yank twit #2 off the ground and carry her away.
1st of all: Nosy lady has no idea what I'm dealing with! Twit #2 is insane, and she may be only 3 years old, but moms out there, how big of a fit can a three year old throw? Exactly . . .
2nd of all: I'm not a parent, I don't want to be a parent anytime soon, and I don't care if twit #2 likes me after the fact. I just cared about getting her out of there before any of my work peeps could see that she was with me!
and last: 4 ... 4 kids to deal with! I was already in a stressed mood, trying to keep leashes on all of them, making sure their not drowning, where did they go?, 'don't run!', 'stay by me please', 'be nice to each other', blah blah blah . . .
I solute you moms out there . . . how the heck do you do it?
kind of reminds me of the time mel took you to fred meyers with her. you said that you didn't need to pee before you left, and when you got up to the check out, you peed all over the floor, then you wanted mel to hold you. not only would she not hold you, she made you walk out of the store and she asked for a paper sack to sit you on in her car. she was NOT happy with you at all!! and just look at her now! she loves being a mom. it just needs to be the RIGHT time, i guess! then you get to be a grandma. that's the BEST!
ReplyDeleteoh mady...first of all, thank you! second of all...i know what i'm doin, is there any better form of making sure you don't want to have children in the near future?!
ReplyDeletemady, i won't take my 2 to the pool with out help. so hats off to you girl!!! second of all... i would have done the EXACT same thing!!! everytime we go to walmart i end up walking around the corner while hunter throws a hissy fit cause he wan't something and i won't buy it. i use to be the one that gave the looks... now i'm the one who laughs when i see it and think "i'm so glad that's not my kid... this time"
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