meanest mommy award

well... i definitely received the

meanest mommy of the year award last night.

but, in my defense

i believe the lesson was learned

and will not be forgotten anytime soon

brayden was mad at me.

i mean, i was being pretty unreasonable,

i did tell him to brush is teeth and go potty before bed.

well... he decided to say

"mommy, i wish you would die."

yep, you read that right,

he wanted me to die because i told him

to brush his teeth.

i immediately asked him to repeat himself

so he changed his wording to

"i wish you were old"

i really didn't know what to say

obviously this was unacceptable

but what do you do?

i told him to go tell his daddy what he said.

he knew what he said was wrong

and daddy was going to punish him

much more severely than me.

he refused to tell him,

once daddy heard what was said

he began talking to him about

kind words and how speaking like that

was unacceptable.

he was told to go apologize to me,

he was not going to get a book read to him at bed

and he was not going to play the wii today.

when it was my turn to talk to him,

i explained to him that if mommy dies

she would not be here to make him his breakfast

or take him to the library, etc.

i asked him if that is what he wanted.

he of course said no

but i wanted him to really learn how

words affect people so...

i left.

i told him that if he didn't want me anymore

i'd just leave.

i took my keys and went out into the hallway.

oh my gracious

i believe they understood very clearly at that point.

i think the entire building could hear the screams that followed.

after a few minutes i came back in

we talked about it.

i got lots of "i'm very very sorry mommy"

and "please don't die or go away"

so... i'd say my point was made

and hopefully it is remembered

that we speak with kind words in this house.

i've even received a few i'm sorry this morning.