It’s the Best of Times & the Worst of Times, but most of all.. It’s the Craziest of Times.

It all started when I took electronics away… ha. maybe it started before that…

Either way, I have lost my sanity somewhere along the way, and it’s time to get it back.

The kids have been dealing without electronics (their computers to play video games) for about 1 1/2 weeks now.

They have been absolutely miserable, and they don’t hesitate to let me know.

I have been told I am the worst mom ever, they hate me, they won’t ever get over their addictions, they love video games so much, they won’t do chores ever again, they won’t hug or cuddle with me ever again, no kisses for me, they won’t do anything for me ever again.. you name it, they said it.

I have been beat down, and it hurts. The anger has risen out of me, intensely so. The kids have been bickering more, their anger levels increased also, and we are just much more intense here.

This is not how I wanted our “reset” period to go at all.

In my mind, we would be playing board games together, having hot chocolate, making popcorn, watching a movie all together, going for walks outside, they would play with their legos nicely together, they would draw, willingly make their Christmas Wish Lists, etc.

I even put together a list of 5 things that I wanted to get across to the children during this time.

1. Be thankful
2. Be respectful
3. Be kind
4. Be helpful
5. Family togetherness

But, this has not been the case, at least not to my expectations.

I even lowered the expectations, and will take some of the 5 things in pieces. I take 5 minutes out of their time, and ask them to write down one thing they are thankful for.. What I get is, “electronics that I can’t play with” or “I’ll never tell you because you took my computer away.”

I have had some great board game play with Adam and Austin this week. It was precious. I think Adam is really good at playing Monopoly, Uno and Battleship. He doesn’t lose interest, and he’s great at math. One time, I even multi-tasked and played Uno with Autumn, while playing Battleship with Adam.

Austin seems to like Battleship, but not much into game playing. He would rather talk to me about everything and anything, while I’m playing a game with the other two.

Allie has kept to herself. She hasn’t been feeling well, so just trying to engage her as I can.

So, fun times here…

Trying to make the best of everything..

Happy Turkey Day!!!