I'm So Unreasonable Friday Link Up #3

It doesn't matter if your child or children are toddlers, tweens, or full fledged teenagers at some point (or many points) your darling little demons angels will think your wisdom is meant to torment them and snuff out their independence.

Last week, I failed to post the link up... I had the very rare opportunity to be kid free and go on a date with my hunnie, so I did. 

This week, I have been unreasonable for the following reasons:

1. Lena spent last weekend at my parent's house. When Sunday rolled around and it was time to come home, she really didn't want to. She insisted that she would much rather live with Gramma. I get this, who wouldn't want to live with their Gramma? They are so much more fun than a boring old mommy who makes you do things like eat healthy food for breakfast, shower, and go to bed on time. However, I still feel strongly that she belongs here with me, at least until she's ready to head off to college. I'm so unreasonable!

2. I made her put away her clean laundry before heading to her friend's house. "Again mom? You're just going to have to wash it later anyway!" While this is certainly an inevitable fact of not allowing her to go naked to school, Anne's lower bunk is not meant to be used as a dresser during the week when she's not here. Yes, my dear, it belongs in the closet. I'm so unreasonable!

3. I wanted to take her picture while we decorated the yard for Halloween. I recall a point in time where she would smile very big for me whenever I pulled out the camera... Now she runs away screaming as if I had a hot poker in my hand that I was trying to jab her in the eye with. This was the best I could get of her because she would only allow me to capture the moment if her face was covered. Heaven forbid I wanted an actual picture of my child smiling and hanging bloody spiderweb as we decked out for our favorite holiday . I'm so unreasonable!

4. This is my final day of the crazy eliminate overtime schedule and I don't have to be to work until 9am. In the interest of not sitting in my work parking lot for an hour (like I did on Tuesday) I refused to drive her into school and made her take the bus. I robbed her of extra kitty time, because selfishly I wanted to enjoy my extra hour and not get out of my jammie's until forced. That being said... I took her to the bus stop... Dressed like this <-------. Oh yes folks, I arrived at the bus stop in all my polka dotted, slip on dress shoes, disheveled hair, fleecy hoodie, no-bra yet glory. She may actually have me with this one. I'm so unreasonable!

How unreasonable where you this week? Leave me a comment and let me know!

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I'm So Unreasonable Friday Link Up

Last week I did my first installment of I'm So Unreasonable Link Up. It doesn't matter if your child or children are toddlers, tweens, or full fledged teenagers at some point (or many points) your darling little demons angels will think your wisdom is meant to torment them and snuff out their independence.

This week I was unreasonable for the following reasons:

1. We went to my grandparents' house in Michigan over the weekend. Lena and my Gram play Dragon Vale together and were trading tips the moment we arrived. One of the tips Gram shared was that her and Aunt Jaye email each other gems (dragon currency). Of course, Lena wanted to get in on the action. No problem right. Wrong! She I couldn't remember the password to her email account. Which, by the way, I didn't create. I'm so unreasonable!

2. On our ride home from Michigan the girls wanted to watch a movie on their Kindles. Both Lena and Anne were extremely upset with me because I wouldn't provide them with headphones... That I didn't have. Evidently I was expected to wiggle my nose like Samantha and make them appear out of thin air. I'm so unreasonable!

3. Lena had a Social Studies test coming up Thursday and I told her she needed to be home from her friend's house by six to study. Coincidentally, when I asked how the test went last night I was informed that I had over prepared her. "I only needed to know two of the plains and two bodies of water, not all of them!" I guess I should have let her be under prepared and just wing it. Maybe she'll get lucky and get to stay in elementary school another year. I'm so unreasonable!

Last, but certainly not least...

4. I have insisted she wear her jacket in the morning. Yes, I know Luke doesn't wear his (her best friend). Yep, I'm totally aware that it will be a high of 75 today... Later today... For now, it's a whopping 52 degrees out and I don't feel like listening to you hack your brains out through the night or fighting with you about what medicine you will or will not take.. Again (see Parade and a Meltdown). I'm so unreasonable!

So here's the deal, add a link to your favorite post this week and leave a comment letting me know why you're so unreasonable.

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I'm So Unreasonable Link Up

I have never hosted a link up before, so I'm giving this a try. As moms, we know that it requires an incredible amount of patience and a damn good sense of humor to survive each day with our little bundles of joy. They are also a gold mine for stories though, so I guess it balances out.

Lena gift wrapped this idea for me last night.

This week, I'm an unreasonable mom because of the following reasons:

1. I asked her to put away her clean laundry. I collected it up from around the house (in between couch cushions), washed it, and folded it. How could I not just take that final step and put it away? I'm so unreasonable!

2. I insisted that she shower. "Mom, I showered a two days ago!" I must have ruined some science experiment she was conducting under her arms or something, because requiring her to shower every other day is met with venomous looks like I've just asked her to go clean the litter box with her hands. I'm so unreasonable!

3. I expect her to get ready for school in the morning. I know that the kitties are soft. I know that your dragons may just starve to death on their island if you don't get to check them on the Kindle when you should be brushing you teeth. However, I also know that you have to catch the bus and I have to get to work so I can do things like, oh I dunno, feed you, keep a roof over your head, and pay for the wifi so your dragons don't die. I'm so unreasonable!

4. I expected that she eat her dinner... That I made. Yes, I'm certain that you believe Fruit Loops is actually part of the food pyramid, however, I'm pretty certain they would be listed under the "sugar" section. I'm so unreasonable!

Last, but certainly not least...

5. I would not allow her to spend the night at her friend's house last night. It's a school night. There was no parent home, just an older sibling. Yes, the older sibling gets the younger sibling off to school most mornings because the other mom travels for work and is sometimes gone for days at a time. Shame on me for not trusting one child to get my extremely easily distracted child ready for school in the morning (see reason #3). I'm so unreasonable!

If you're unreasonable too, please leave me a comment and tell me why. I would love to hear stories of the other mean unreasonable parents like myself. 

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