I'm not afraid to yell at your children

Really sick of parents who don't discipline their kids.

At the mall school shopping for the Teenager. (There may be a story on BUYING a concert shirt at HOT TOPICS-EEK-soon!)

The two small ones and I ditched the Teenager and Hubster (saint that he is) at a air-filled jumping station complete with a balloon tent. Some nasty little boy knocked my 2yr old over, LAID ON TOP OF HIM, and grabbed his balloon out of his hands.

I actually yelled, with volume, "NO". And proceeded in my most nasty mom voice, "You WILL return that RIGHT NOW!"

Everyone stared. A few with big smiles. Little boy went back to parents after shooting me a few sullen glances. Parents did not even have the decency to look or act chagrined! Not a word to little boy--or me and Toddler.

Well, we know who will end up in juvi by age 8. I wish we could lock up the parents, too.
At least rip their reproductive parts off/out, so they don't ruin more kids!

I like grey

With all the hustle and bustle that comes with children, it seems that I had forgotten that there is a certain romance in a cool, grey, rainy day in early fall. Just a hint of the crisp sharp air that is fall; leaves that have just a hint of another coloring waiting to debut.

I wish I could spend the rest of the day in the tub with a book.