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Are little white lies OK? What about big elaborate lies… to your kids?? Are they OK if they don’t hurt them?? And it’s to protect yourself? I think they are OK. Therefore, I must be a bad, bad Mommy!
Since Kindergarten is only half a day, the boys go to Kids Country in the afternoon. Kids Country is more less a daycare. This is a recent change. We have been contributing to a 125 Plan. Basically we put money away before taxes to pay for daycare. So, to get our money back, we have enrolled the boys.
The boys go to another room in the school until 4:00 when school dismisses and they ride the bus home with their sister. On Monday, there wasn’t any school. I found out on Friday that those (no school) days are included in what we pay for Kids Country. S-W-W-E-E-E-T!!!! If it’s paid for, they are going. Added bonus: I don’t have to play referee all day.
Alyssa’s not in Kids Country, so she stayed home with me. I just knew the boys would throw a fit. Why does Alyssa get to stay home? I want to stay home. It’s not fair. Please, Mom, I promise I’ll be good. Whine, whine, whine.
How am I going to get out of this? I know, I’ll just tell them that Alyssa’s going to a different daycare. Yeah, that’s it. And I’ll have her carry her empty lunch box. Yeah, that will work. I told you I was a bad Mommy!
Guess what they said… NOTHING! Not a damn thing! I was all prepared, props and everything. I didn’t have to lie; maybe I’m not so bad. Oh yes I am! I was prepared and would have used it to the fullest extent if I had to.
Feeling extremely guilty, I decided to pick them up somewhat early. When we arrived home, they figured out Alyssa had been home and that she got to go to McDonald’s. Why did Alyssa stay home? Why did she go to McDonald’s? I want to go to McDonald’s. Take me to McDonald’s right now. Whine, whine, whine.
I THOUGHT I was in the clear. I was not prepared. Alyssa was! She told them, “Boys, you guys used to get to go a lot of places while I was in school. Now I got to go somewhere and you didn’t. Now you know how it feels.”
Good point! “Yeah, what your sister said!!”
“But Mom…”
“Don’t but Mom me; we are finished with this discussion.”
Whine, whine, whine.
Note to self: Next time, don’t leave any self-incriminating evidence!
November 16th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I have NO qualms with lying to my kids for the sake of peace. I’ve done it in the past and I’ll do it in the future if I have. Just yesterday I told Diva we could only get Christmas music in dad’s car for right now. You can’t listen to it at home till after Thanksgiving. Not feeling guilty about it one tiny bit. If I get caught throwing away artwork, it was an accident, if I don’t then I have NO idea what happened to it. Sometimes a moms gotta do what a moms gotta do.