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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

How to Make a Volcano Whistle.....

That's my boy. That's Wyatt this week. He was awesome yesterday at the lake, but today was catch-up day at home and that lends to some "lettin' loose" when it comes to the boys. His older brother found Wyatt's Loco Roco video game wedged in the couch cushions and offered to return it to him if he would go find the Transformer bullet he (Wyatt) was suspected of hiding in his room. Wyatt gave it about a 30 second hunt and gave up. He decided to torture Mom until he got his way but I didn't go for it. It wasn't a tall order to look around his room and in his toy box for the bullet, he was just being lazy. He had a choice to let it drop and forget the video game but no, whining full-volume next to Mom is waaaay more fun. Throw in a little tugging and yanking on the rug she's standing on and wow - entertainment to no end if you are 7 years old.

What did mom do? Ignore. Ignore for another 5 minutes. Ignore some more. State the facts, "look for the bullet and the game is returned to you", Ignore some more while cleaning the sink. (by the way, the whining actually enhances the scrubbing -sink looks great!).

What did brothers do? Brothers were so sick of it they offered to hand over the game just to spare me!

Now, how did I snuff out my little volcano? I got out the video camera and erupted it. It only took a second for him to scream and run into my room and close the door. Within 5 minutes he returned, whistling and stated, "Mom, I'm going to go look for the bullet."

Chalk one up for Mom today!

10 comments:

  1. Have you been reading my mommy journal again, Mary?! LOL! I forgot we both had Wyatts. :-)

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  2. I'm charging my video camera right now! Thanks for plan. Wyatt--what a hoot! I can say that only because I live that challenge too.

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  3. What a great blog! Super cute layout. Can't wait to read more!

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  4. Thanks Amy! It's all for fun and making friends. I have something awesome coming soon on RWRBoys...

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  5. LOL! HAHA! Oh--and our sons look identical--funny how they both look like Calvin...:)

    Thanks for joining the Funny moms over at MBC. We love having new, funny peeps in the "club"! :)

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  6. lol Too funny. Sounds exactly like my house, except the tops of my cabinets are lined with items I have taken away for whining/fighting. You are kinder than I. I would have taken the game, put it up and sent him to his room until he was done whining. Your way sounds like more fun though. :)

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  7. Yep, Kathleen - that's what the top of my fridge and closet are "multipurposing" as!

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  8. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Your writing style is wonderful and I feel better I'm not the only one using the video camera for shame, LoL! I will definitely be back to your blog!

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  9. Thanks TXM! I haven't quite found the adjective for my writing style yet, but I appreciate the positive feedback! So glad you'll be back to witess my nutty-sneak attack-parenting musings!

    Nice to 'meet' another night-owl! It's all the quiet I get....

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