Is it bedtime yet???

My boys have decided they are going to be BAD lately. I know that a lot of it has to do with bad influences from my brothers kids. For instance the talking back, and being a smart-aleck. I questioned Bradley about his behavior and he responded by saying “well April does it”. GRRRRRR It makes me so mad that my brother & his girl friend allowed their kids to be so bad, and with no consequences. Now my kids think they can get away with the same. Some of the behavior I find really inappropriate like the usage of guns. Bradley and Parker loved playing with their dart guns and never associated it with death. Now Bradley runs around saying he is going to “die people”. He thinks that is something funny. Nathan who is 9, is obsessed with video games, the violent ones. Bradley noticed some of them while Nathan was playing, he also followed Nathan’s lead when he was playing soldier around the house. For Nathan’s age maybe that’s OK. I guess everyone probably has their own opinion about it. Personally I don’t like it, and prefer my kids not say things like that. Nor do I want them playing in that manner. They can pretend they are getting the bad guys, but I don’t want to hear them saying how they are going to kill people. Bradley is only 4, and Parker 3. I REALLY am trying to nip this behavior in the butt and make them stop it quick. I also do not like the wrestling they have started doing. They are really being rough, something they never did before. My kids have always wrestled… but not violently. UGH!! I have this long list of crap, and I just feel like I am pointing fingers. But I can not help but do that when I know my kids saw the behavior and are now reenacting what they saw and heard.


I feel as if the entire day today I have done nothing but yell, and issue out time outs. I am starting to lose my cool. I feel sick from stress because of today. And it is not just one child, it’s all 3! Dustin decided it would be fun to spill his drink in several different spots, then lick it up like a dog LOL. Also during clean up time, Dustin took the huge toy bin of road tracks and dumped them all over and started throwing them. TIME OUT! Bradley and Parker refused to clean, I had to bribe them, and even then it didn’t work to well. The also would not stop fighting over toys, and refused to share anything. And the wining!!

I LOVE my kids but today was just one of those days when I felt like ripping out all of my hair. I am anxiously awaiting bed time, when all the boys are asleep and I can enjoy the quiet time. Hoorah for bedtime lol. I can’t wait until Spring gets here, and the kids can start going outside to play. That way they can burn off all of their energy. Since the snow is still everywhere outside, and it’s also real muddy we can’t go outside to play.

Well, that’s enough complaining for me tonight. I just needed to vent my frustration.