friday morning.

Every Friday morning we have cinnamon rolls. Nothing fancy, just 2 packages of pillsbury refrigerated ones. Its easy. The kids love them. Its how we celebrate making it through the school week. It's been a tradition this whole school year. I'm sure we missed a Friday or two, but for the most part, Fridays have been cinnamon roll day as Coleman calls it. Well, when Josh and i went to bed last night, we remembered we didn't have any cinnamon rolls. No problem, Josh said he would run out in the morning and get some. Then we decided he would go and get donuts from our favorite donut shop instead so there will be nothing to come home and cook....(we usually do donuts on saturday mornings...but why not Friday....the kids will love it!)

Moments before Josh walks back in the door one of my children (whom I'll keep anonymous) said something like "where are the cinnamon rolls?" I was not sure what to address first: the rude comment or the fact that there were not going to be cinnamon rolls today. As I am thinking, I hear the back door open and so I say to this child, " dad's home and he brought donuts". I am waiting to see excitement and instead I got, "But its friday and I wanted cinnamon rolls". I repeated myself, Dad went and got yummy donuts. Again I hear, " I wanted cinnamon rolls." (with a slight edge to the voice) I was dumbfounded and also highly annoyed. Seriously? my thoughts went something like this: You are mad that your dad just got up early and went and got you donuts? really yummy ones. You ungrateful little thing. Who taught you to be so rude? As I walked out of the room I muttered something about being upset and hurt by the comment. A few minutes later I went into the kitchen and saw him eating his favorite kind of chocolate donut. The words you should have to eat cold cereal slipped right out of my mouth before I could catch them. Its okay. I have a long list of ways I'm trying to become mom of the year.... The child of course snapped back with a "Fine, I will." I then proceeded to say to unnamed child that I wasn't serious. I apologized for making a sarcastic comment. and then said I didn't appreciate his rudeness over what he was being "served" for breakfast.

Jessie - maybe this child can visit your behavior bootcamp when you get it all figured out, because it doesn't look like my teachings of gratitude and respect are having too big an impact.... apparently I've lost the correct instruction manual. If someone has taken it, please return it.