You Are Grounded!!!!

Those three little words are what I say at least 20 times a day. I never thought that I would be the type of mother that constantly threatens her kids but I have become that mother. I find that throughout the day I resort to this form of psycholigical warfare with my children because I'm exhausted and don't want to listen to the quarreling anymore.

I start out with, "If you can't get along, then no one get's to do anything fun." Then I move on to," If you can't stop arguing then you all get to go to your rooms." Then finally it's, " If you don't figure it out, then you all are grounded for a week and can't play with friends, shoot air soft guns, play Wii, or DS, or watch T.V." The last one usually gets them to be quiet. THank heavens.

They argue about everything. My oldest thinks he is an adult and tries to herd his other two siblings and manipulate them until he gets what he wants. My middle child is a whiner and doesn't do his work. He tries to get his other two siblings to do it for him and always has an excuse as to why he can't do it. My youngest is the biggest trouble maker by far. He messes everything up that his siblings have, he starts fights, and never helps.

There are at least 3 open containers of cream cheese in my fridge. 2 gallons of open milk, 2 boxes of open Go gurts, and they won't be able to find an open any of them tomorrow morning, guaranteed. There rooms are nasty, bathroom is worse, and I find myself constantly reminding them to do what they need to do. To say that I am frustrated is an understatement and I hate it.

So I have decided to ground myself. I am going to go sit in my room, watch T.V. and separate myself from them until I can figure out a way to help them listen and become productive member of this household.