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September 06, 2009
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There's a reason why I will never win the Mother of the Year Award.
Actually there's many but this is last night's reason...
After dinner, Son No. 2 came bounding over to me with a smile on his face, enthusiasm eminating from every pore of his short, slightly dirty (when was the last time I bathed him?) body and gently tapped my leg. "Will you play a game wiff me Mummy?"
Was my first response a resounding and equally enthusiastic "Yes!" grabbing his chubby hand in mine to skip off happily and play board games, living in the moment and enjoying this special time with my youngest son?
Obviously you don't know me that well.
No. My response was "What game?" (Candyland) followed quickly by a furrowed brow and "Are you going to play the right way and follow the rules this time?" (yes).
Because I've gotten screwed over by the No Rules Candyland before and wasn't about to get sucked into that minefield again.
With the You Need To Follow the Rules rule firmly in place, I went off with him to play.
Then kicked his ass in two games.
In retrospect doing the "I am a winner and you are a loser" washing machine dance might have been a bit of overkill.
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