Kids Gone Wild

Seriously, lately instead of girls gone wild, in our house it is kids gone wild. I know they are just kids and maybe because I work with kids all day and then have to come home and deal with my own I have a shorter fuse or tolerance, but I am in need of a serious mommy vacation from my family. I know that sounds really bad, but it is true. For example, they were running and teasing and pushing and shoving and hitting each other all through our store trip yesterday. They constantly are teasing to see how far they can go before the other one will literally brutally attack in biting, hitting, spitting, kicking. Spanking and timeout don't phase them and they could care less if they get busted. Remo started a new kind of consequence last night, the fruit and vegetable punishment. All they got for dinner was carrot juice, as much fruit or veggies as they wanted but no fun foods. They did pick at the food, and once they realized it was that or nothing, they did eat. Another thing that drives me crazy is that I have 2 bins of laundry, colored and whites. They come home and throw their school clothes, bags, and stuff all over the house. No wonder we have shoes and jackets and stuff missing. I love my children don't get me wrong, but things have got to shape up a bit better around here. We haven't been doing charts in awhile because once again mom is too tired or busy to enforce it. Noah asked me last week why we haven't been to the 99 cent store in a long time. Guess I will start up those charts again and attempt to make a new schedule board for the family with duties for aLL members. Whew thanks for letting me let off steam. A positive outlook for this new week with some positive changes.