I didn't want to use it, but there has come time. Emma Jane is just a playful spirit, and I have not been able to have her take me seriously. She will always look at me and laugh anytime I try to punish her...until tonight.
I finally developed my "Mom" voice. The "you know you're in trouble voice." The "I mean business voice." It is not a yell, just a firm, stern voice. And, I hate using it. I hate using it on Emma Jane who is so sweet and kind and innocent. But, I really have tried everything.
I guess the good thing is that I found something that worked. But, everytime I use my stern, mom voice, I just want to hug her and tell her I love her more. I want to play with her more.
Oh, the joys of punishing. I guess I will have many years of using my "mom" voice. But, I am definitely not used to it.
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A glimpse into the craziness of our lives!
Tender Moments from my Little Ones
At dinner:
"Mom, thank you so much for making this delicious meal."--CJ
When I was teary:
"Don't worry. I'm here. Do you want me to sing you a song? Twinkle, twinkle..." --Emma Jane
In a prayer:
"And, Heavenly Father, we miss you, (pause) and we miss Nana too." -- Emma Jane
In looking at a photo of Carl when he was at school:
"I miss you."--CJ
Families Can Be Together Forever
My Favorite Quotes Right Now
"As a mother, my job is to take care of what is possible and trust God with the impossible." --Ruth Bell Graham
"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." -- Helen Keller
"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." -- Helen Keller
4 comments:
Emma Jane is so sweet. Sometimes it's hard being the 'mom'. I think you are doing a wonderful job raising your kids.
Well, I am truly amazed that you made it this long. I have had my mom voice for quite a while, oh, and it is a yell. What?? I can't help it I am a loud person. My poor kids!!! ;)
the fact that ej is over two and you haven't had to use the mom voice sickens me.
may one of your children please have the spunk of mine so you can relate :)
I think discipline is the hardest ever. For some reason, I never imagined myself having to do it (when I had my first newborn). It is not fun. I guess it is just finding what works. Still trying to find that out..:)
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