MEANEST PARENTS

Being a working mom, dinner is the last thing I want to think about when I come home. Because if I don't plan ahead it is usually 8:00 before we sit down to eat. Trying to stay ahead of the game, I occasionally make freezer meals and stock the freezer, so at least we can eat by 7:00.

On this particular evening, I was heating up some chicken rolls, when Jaxson came into the kitchen stating he didn't want chicken rolls while proclaiming he didn't like them. (This is a standard replay from Jaxson, because he doesn't like anything these days unless it is pizza, hot dogs, mac and cheese, spaghetti or taco's.) The funny thing is, everything that he now doesn't like are things he has been eating for years and has always liked. It's not like I am trying new foods out on the kid. Dan and I proceeded to tell him that it wasn't nice to always complain and that he needed to eat his dinner. He kept going on about how he was only going to eat his rice and strawberries, when I said "I think Jaxson may need to go to his room after dinner, because he has a bad attitude." After this comment Jaxson decided he would go to his room now and skip dinner instead. Dan told him to come back and that he needed to eat his dinner. He ran up the stairs anyway yelling "YOU GUYS ARE THE MEANEST PARENTS IN THE WHOLE WORLD!" I followed him. He shouted back Saying "You hurt my feelings everyday." I then told him, you also hurt my feelings everyday by telling me you don't like dinner. His next comment was "You hurt me feelings every minute of every day." I would like to say I am calm during this whole process; however because I am inpatient I was not. I told Jaxson he needed to come down the stairs and listen to his dad or he was going to get spanking. I counted to three and he still didn't listen. At this point I chased him up the stairs and brought him down with me.

Madi and Dan could over hear us in the kitchen while they were eating dinner and Dan turned to Madison saying "This is not going well." When I brought Jaxson back into the kitchen I sat him down at the table and told him he was to sit there while we ate. Madi and Dan were trying not to laugh as he sat there and sulked.

He put his head down and didn't say a word. As we were eating, Dan and I began talking about it being family night and playing games, but because we were the meanest parents in the world, I guess we wouldn't have family game night. Jaxson started to perk up at this point saying he wanted to play games. By the end of dinner we were surprisingly not the meanest parents in the world. Amazing how things change when your children want something. Jaxson said "Can we still play games?"

The only thing I kept thinking was, this is only the beginning of years to come!

We did end the night on a good note, playing Blokus and having desert.