Posted on 11/02/2007 8:26:01 AM PDT by gitmo
My boss's Sister In Law put this on eBay.
That is hilarious, well maybe not hilarious, but I got a chuckle out of it anyway.
LOL! Good one.
One ticked off Momma.
The notes are hilarious!
Good for her, but if these kids are that out of control at such tender ages I have to question what’s been happening at this house in the past few years.
Give the kids a bag of rocks.
TS
I liked the part about using PayPal because the kids can reach the mailbox!
Funny
way cute.
Pretty brave mom. Especially considering that these are the same kids who will be deciding in 30 to 40 years whether in home care or a nursing home would be the best option for her. Maybe the nursing home will have a carpentry program, though.
Haha, thanks for posting. :)
Wow, it calculated $13.55 shipping charges for San Diego!
I doubt that seriously. I don't know any kids that would turn so vindictive over one event. One Christmas I acted up so badly I was sent to my room and could not help decorate the family tree. I wouldn't hole up my parents for it, though!
Hehehehehehehehe, good one, good for her, I hope these kids learn the lesson.
I'll keep her user ID handy to look for the post Christmas auction. Maybe the little brats were going to get a Playstation 3.
Sounds like she has a couple of defiant little devils on her hands
I am sure that you may be reported to the Halloween police for this. It is part of the government’s No Trick-or-Treater Left Behind program.
TOO,TOO Much! Thanks for the Humor! Looking forward to the Christmas Update, too!
Good for her....I loved that.
It looks like the kids are ganging up and standing together. It may be time for separation & dissent methods. Try to single one out for punishment and reward others. It sows resentment and break up the kids coalition...
(Old age & treachery....) ;)
That is brilliant. I love it.
This Mom must be cut from the same cloth that I was.
I hope that she holds her line. But I do have a question? Where is the father in all this? I hope that he is supporting her and not making her the bad guy.
My oldest was very unappreciative of his many activities at one point during his teen years. He was unable to go to one event because it conflicted with something I was going to get to do. The result was a major meltdown. So I after his comment, “ I NEVER GET TO DO NOTHING” I decided to fullfil his “dream”.
He was limited to his music lesson as his only activity. No bowling league, no Boy Scouts, no youth group, no friends over,, no other activity for two weeks.
He thought that he had me when he announced that I was paying for his bowling coach for two weeks and was going to lose that money. I talked to the bowling coach and the league director. It was a priceless event. I received the (much needed ) bowling lessons, while he sat there and watched. The league director was so proud of me.
After a second meldown, I decided to fill his time. I pulled out last year’s calendar to have him count up the number of events for every family member. His total was around 200, while his brother was not too far behind. Mom and Dad were in the single digits. That was an eye opening experience. He finally got it
I’ve just been trowing my 3 & 5 yo boys toys away after they get angry and trow them. This is much more constructive, drawn out and thought provoking.
I didn't realize there was a "Totally Bizarre" category on eBay...I gotta check that out.
Listed in category:Everything Else > Weird Stuff > Totally Bizarre
That reminds me of the time I bought a secondhand laptop computer for my oldest son. His big sister's jaw dropped when she found out. "How come I don't get a computer?" she demanded.
After I explained to this mortally offended 13-year-old that her brother's laptop cost less than a single payment on her ballet class tuition, she shut up real quick.
I love this:
The money we make from this candy will be used to teach a couple lessons in carpentry, painting and (hopefully) responsibility and respect.
Good for her, but if these kids are that out of control at such tender ages I have to question what’s been happening at this house in the past few years.
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I guess it was your turn to buzz kill a perfectly silly and amusing thread with something serious :-)
I’m just mean that way...
Even well raised boys break stuff. This is typically not intentional. Their feet just work faster than their brains. Sometimes, I think their feet and brains don’t even connect until they’re older.
Good moms punish their boys and teach them carpentry skills. The boys learn to understand the gravity of their actions, and as an extra bonus, they learn carpentry skills. (But I repeat myself.) My son took an entire month of plastering, drying, sanding, plastering, drying, sanding, etc. to repair our basement wall, but he learned to respect property. My sons are older now, and they are perfecting their automotive body repair skills. They also know how to replace and paint garage trim. They’re both handsome and will make good husbands someday.
By the way, I have a girl too. They’re different.
thats mean! shes meaner than obama, dodd and edwards combined
For those of you who aren't old enough to remember REAL Super Balls, they were an ugly blackish color and were much larger and bounced with more veracity than the wimpy little multi-colored ones my girls liked to collect "because they were pretty".
Needless to say, one wrong bounce, and the ball went through each and every storm window for a rather large tri-level home. (Ouch!)
Oh, and by the way, my girls are learning how to change the oil in a car, change a tire and how to handle tools. Unfortunately, none of them are showing much interest in cooking (yet). Nonetheless,we are on the lookout for good husband candidates--maybe we should talk in a few years!
Good for her. I will add that the dad in THIS house would have something to say about it all as well.
I’m just mean that way...
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One in every crowd :-)
I have a stout wooden spoon she could borrow...
Max says “tell LEGS to get her butt over here”
Our wooden spoons were never quite stout enough--they kept breaking when used as a Board of Education on the Seats of Knowledge. Through trial and error we settled eventually on rubber cake spatulas. Whereas my Dad used plain old baseboard.
I know you were joking about the nursing home but this will be the Halloween they remember because...
Smart mom. It's the narcisstic kids who aren't disciplined who grow up with no clue of personal responsibility. They throw mom and dad to the wolves when they are no longer able to be used.
It started out as every kid's Halloween dream.
Trick-or-treat as many nights as possible, and collect as much candy as you can, all with your parents' blessing.
And the haul was beyond anyone's wildest imagination. After six long nights of ringing doorbells and traipsing up porches, the Day family of Upper Macungie Township racked up a staggering 115 pounds of Hershey bars, Kit Kats, Skittles and too many other candies to mention.
''I never thought we'd get this much candy,'' admits family patriarch John Day, a little awed.
It was a challenge particularly suited to the Lehigh Valley, where the various communities start a week before Halloween holding trick or treat on different nights -- some even during the afternoon -- for reasons varying from safety issues to homework concerns.
When we realized the schedule of official trick-or-treat times enabled a family to go to the candy well as many as six times in the days leading up to Halloween, we looked for volunteer family to hit the streets in six communities and see how much candy could be collected.
The Day family, with four kids ages 6 to 13, was up to the task.
''Initially, we all thought 'Wow, how cool,''' says Joyce. ''We will get to go trick-or-treating in other neighborhoods as well as our own, and it will be OK because it would be for candy research. How hard could it be?''
Ian, 10, recalls the giddy excitement at the beginning.
''I couldn't wait to tell everyone at school,'' he says. ''My friends were all jealous.''
But their once-in-a-lifetime candy odyssey got off to a rocky start when a persistent drizzle marred their very first day out in Kutztown.
''We were quite damp, cold and tired,'' recalls Joyce.
The weather was better for the second night in Emmaus, but there were not many porch lights on, forcing the family to ''walk miles'' for what turned out to be the smallest candy total in the six days they hit the streets.
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I think the punishment is a natural consequence of the crime. The best kind of punishment for kiddos.
I wish there was a counter on eBay for number of viewings.
I would absolutely agree. Natural consequences are the best teacher.
There is..scroll down
Oh yeah. Thanks.
Drill somw holes in that spoon for best effect.
OMG, LOL, Wish i’d thought of that!
I think it’s brilliant. The kids get to watch the auction as it slowly ticks away. Then they get to see “their” stuff go out the front door.
It’s almost like coal in the stocking at Christmas.
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