The Kid Vent - Enjoy!

Saying "Mom" a thousand times before saying what they want to say if I zone out and don't respond to "Mom". Like, "Mom, mom, mom, mom, guess what, mom, mom, mom" suddenly I'm like "WHAT??!?!?!"
I have two in that phase right now.

Sigh, my boys (18 and 16) are still wiping boogers on towels after they shower.

(Well to be fair, the elder is away at college and therefore washing his own boogery towels.)

Yeah, so towels go right in the wash everytime.

Thus my post about lovely new towels!

:)

tehehe

My daughter (6) never sleeps past 6am. she lays in bed most mornings from about 5:30 on waiting for the clock to say 6-0-0. i gave up my late sleepin days forever with this child. :)

All, I can say though is that all the geniuses of the world seem to sleep around 4 hours per night, so perhaps I am raising an Einstein or a Gates? Who knows. :)

I also can't wait until she is a teenager because if by chance she starts sleeping in, I will be there to wake her up after all these years of her waking me up...or maybe I will finally get to sleep in too.

They could have nothing to say for hours but as soon as I am on the phone all I hear is " mom, mom mom"

There can be a million places to sit in the room and someone will always have to sit on my lap.

Both of my little ones have this uncanny ability to desperately magnetically need to be at my side when I have to go to the bathroom.

Oldest SS, 19: Takes a shower at night before he goes to bed AND first thing in the morning when he wakes up! There are 7 people in my house, hot water is a commodity!

Youngest SS, 16: Has a fascination with fire and knives...at first I was worried but he is a great kid, just likes the dangerous stuff-Makes me crazy though!

Oldest Nephew, 15: Is a drummer, and taps or 'drums' with his fingers on EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME! I hate the constant background noise...but he has his own band and they have made a name for themselves and have played many, many gigs and I am proud of him, so I tolerate it...to a point!

Youngest Nephew, 11: Needs to be around me or by me at every moment when he is here at my house...he will literally follow me around and be right by my side ALL the time!

Oldest Son, 7: Is overly sensitive sometimes, it breaks my heart...I wish he wasn't this way, I dont like thinking of him being 'sad' about anything! *We had to cut off a small part of our X-mas tree this last year when we were throwing it out so he could keep it...he still has it in his top drawer of his nightstand!

Middle Son, 5: Ahhh, my Mr. W! He is a character and a half! He is Mr. Negativity about EVERYTHING!

Youngest child, Only daughter, 3: Nothing yet...she is still young and perfect! :) But I am sure I will have something for this list in a couple years!

Mine sleeps late on school days and gets up early on Saturdays and Sundays - long before he ever knew what day it was!

My older one, every night just when she has to go sleep is exactly when she wants to snuggle and talk, (really, you couldn't want it before instead of drawing?!).

The little one-every time I want to show off something cute she does she never does, she is just like that cartoon and the frog!

Then my husband,-I am like a ninja at my house, I close doors softly and walk softly,etc. I scare them accidental because I don't make much noise and suddenly I am behind you, my husband on the other hand is so noisy! He makes noise when he gets up, when he sit down, he is loud when he walks, he closed doors loud, ahhhhhhhhhh!

Oh yeah, and very often the three of the want to talk to ME and at the same time, it gets worst when my family is over because I would have 5 people talking to me at the same time in different language, crazy!

my son wakes me up EVERY morning with his transformers asking me to fight with them. No, hi M., good morning or even seeing if I am awake. Its immediately "M., let fight with these guys- here you use "blah" I'll use "blah". And i'm litterally just opening my eyes.
Gotta love him though!

Same thing as yours. My kids are up - different rooms, but the seem to be on the same clock - around 5:30am every day.
And they are up to PLAY, so there is no quite snuggle time with them.

And my DD (8mos) SQUAWKS like a Pterodactyl. SO LOUD. And it never stops. From the time she wakes up till the time she goes to sleep. It's constant LOUD noise. If only I could give her a ball gag and not have DCFS show up at my doorstep....

I have the early risers too. I charish the mornings I get to sleep till 630am. However our second son (4) is soooo independent and hates to be told what to do. If he wants to do something come hell or high water he will get it done. He's lucky I love him so much, b/c most days I could just throw him in the closet. lol. But I try to remind myself that will help him in the long run as long as he uses it for the right reasons. :) Our oldest (5) is very arguementive, if he's told he can't do something he needs a full explanation on why. Gotta Love Em.

I have 14 year old twin girls, so the list is a little long. I think the thing that drives me most nuts is how they never refill anything. Nothing like using the bathroom at 3am only to find out they used the last roll and didn't fill up the drawer. The other week I was in the shower and the shampoo was empty. Later that day I went to grab milk and there was about a tablespoon in the jug. A few hours later I needed a ziploc bag. The box was there, but it was empty of course. Same thing with the aluminum foil. It's not as though we don't have refills of these things. That is probably my biggest pet peeve, but there are so many others.

My kids, know themselves very well from a very young age, and have a great sense of self and are very expressive. We raised them that way.
But geez.... get into a conversation with them and you'd wish they were just robots with an off/on switch.
From the moment they wake up... especially my Son, constant talking and questions.
And, when *I* am grumpy or not real pleasant.. they turn into a "Mommy" and correct *ME*!
But heck, they are real individuals.
Which that is a good thing.

when my kids on insisting they make their own lunch! I realize it is a control thing. I just seem to be left with the aftermath all the time. PB and J means..counters...sticky and covered in peanut butter and jelly goo. Four or five messy knifes. bread, everywhere. Crust left with most the bread..on the floor. It is their favorite thing to eat, because they can make it. I just have to make sure I head lunch off before any of them get really hungry. This way they are not tempted to take matters into there own hands.

My next peeve is that of Amy J. I have literally hear mom a million and ten times a day it seems.

My oldest is starting to get better about it. He will clean up after him self about half the time. He also can get it done with one knife and a paper towel to keep counters clean. I cant wait for the day they all can do it cleanly...Just as your day with kids who sleep in will come:)

I am interested in seeing what moms of older kids say?!? Because with each old thing they get better at comes new things that drive us nuts!!

Good question;)

My 4 year old has a habit of absentmindedly holding on to the neck of his t-shirts and stretching them out. He has ruined several brand new shirts this way. Most recently it was his Beatles tee which I loved. I have gently asked him not to do this, firmly told him, yelled, and put him in time out. But to no avail. I have now decided not to buy him any more t-shirts and instead buy him polo's with buttons. My 2 year old is still like a little toddler in that he gets into everything and cannot be left alone in any capacity. It is exhausting to keep track of him, but like his brother, I would not change one hair on his head. They are both perfect to me!
Thanks for the fun post!

My oldest (15) chews really LOUDLY! Once, we were all sitting around reading quietly, and he took a huge, smacking, crunchy BITE out of his toasted bagel. We all "tsk'd" and sighed at him at the same time. Really funny! And annoying!
They like to hack my Facebook account and tell the world what great kids I think they are, lol!
My youngest, a daughter, shares a bathroom with me. She's always leaving her clothes on the floor in there. Come to think of it, why do my boys NEVER learn to pick up the empty toilet paper roll off the floor? And my nose just CRINGES when I go into their bathroom, lol!
OK, I'm done venting. I know some day I'm going to miss them SO BADLY! Waaaah!

What a fun post ;o) - thx for the morning smiles ladies!

My son can imitate a firework (the loud shrilling screaming part of the firework)! He loves to do it whenever the urge hits him (which means usually scareing everyone around - haha).

Someone wipes boogers on the furniture, walls, towels, bathtub, shower, etc (I find them everywhere) - haven't found the culprit yet! So gross!

My daughter is a perfectionist, so no matter what I say, I don't say it correct in her mind....so, she ALWAYS corrects me! Very frustrating!

My son loves to blow in my face - for no reason, just to blow in my face :o) - he does it A LOT and it is annoying.

My daughter tries to be "mommy" to my son - she will stand beside/behind me when I'm telling my son to do something and she will ramble on to him for 5 mins WHY, WHEN and HOW he is supposed to do it :o)

I Love my kiddos...they have fun, annoying, loving, frustrating, sweet, gross and all those fascinating KID personalities that keep life interesting...they make being a Mom very entertaining and fullfilling :o)

My 3 year old son loves bikes which he calls motorcycles bc his daddy has one. Since he was able to walk he has been riding his tricycle around the house all day everyday inside and out! When we go to walmart he has to get on one and he literally follows us around for hours while we grocery shop. For his 3rd bday his special present was a new Lightening McQueen bike with training wheels (just like the one he rides at the grocery store)! He refuses to ride it!! Drives me crazy! It has been a month now and he won't touch the thing!! My daughter (16 months) is extremely strong willed! I love that about her in ways but then again spending an hour with her is exhausting let alone the entire day, week, month, 18 years! haha She's also a daredevil! If we are going outside, before I can get the garage door open she has taken off down the street. Her new thing is climbing on the couch and jumping and rolling around. I give her warnings to get down and as soon as I start to stand up to get her she lays on the couch with her butt in the air and the sweetest smile on her face!! Drives me crazy since you can't be mad at something that precious! Every single time Im watching my fav show (whatever it may be that week) she walks up to the tv and becomes curious about what all the buttons do!! When you put my 2 kids together it's a tornado!! I think I clean 24/7 bc as soon as I get one room clean they follow behind me and have to pull out anything I put up!! They fight, push, shove, tackle each other but as soon as one gets put in time out the other is crying about it!! Most days are exhausting in my house but I tell you, when they are sound asleep tucked in their beds with sweet smiles on their faces it just melts my heart!!

Cute post. Loved reading it and happy to know my kids arent the only ones that annoy the parents.

My 16 yr Step daughter drives me crazy as in she has an excuse for everything. As to why everyone is against her and no one wants to help her achieve her dreams.

My 10 yr old finds it necessary to not say a word for hours until I either get on the computer, get on the phone, ot go to the restroom. Then she has something urgent to ask me.

My 6 yr scares me to death, she is such a daredevil and just ignores my pleas to be careful. I think God meant for her to be a boy.

While were on the subject, let me throw in my pet peave about the hubby. He blows his nose in the shower, but doesnt rinse the boogers down the drain. So gross.