Turns out us moms DO know what we're talking about....
Obviously as parents we set rules, boundaries and guidelines that are tailored to fit our own lifestyles, goals and ideals. Some are complex while other are plain and simple, cut and dry. Some of them are no-brainers that we find ourselves repeating until we are nearly blue in the face. Of course kids forget them, hence the need to reiterate them over and over until we'd really just like to walk away banging our heads on the wall wondering how in the world they'd forgotten the rule. One of those quirky little rules around our house is NO electronic devices, games or toys at the dinner table during a meal. I view this one as a no-brainer, yet my kids forget this one all to often.
This morning, as breakfast drew to a close Hayden announced that he was getting full. I took a glance at his plate and told him to eat one more bite of his eggs before leaving the table. He stabbed a bite of his eggs with his fork, held it up and turned the bite toward his mouth. Before eating the bite I told him that if that was his idea of a bite then he'd need two of those. The bite quickly detoured back to his plate. With even more enthusiasm he stabbed another bite of eggs, a larger, less formed bite -- a bite that when he rose it into the air the scrambled eggs went flying. Drew, who was seated next to Hayden didn't even know what was coming before the eggs simultaneously hit him in the face and splatted all over his iPod.
The joys of parenting! I couldn't help but laugh at what happened and I am pretty positive that Andrew realized why the "No devices, games or toys at the table rule" exists in our house. You never can tell when to expect flying eggs around this house.
Posted by Stephanie at 2/6/2012 3:59 PM 
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Categories: Life, Parenting, Memories, Conversations with Kids, Humor, Children, Life Lessons, Blogging
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