Dear Kids… (April 2012)

May 29, 2012 by Nathan

Posted under: Funny, Parenting

April typically comes with showers so that May brings flowers, but for the Kaspers aka Griswolds, April brought duct tape, funny footwear, kids being kids, and a lot of laughs.

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04/30/12 – yes, I did wear these out of the house today, and yes, I probably do belong on “What not to wear!” :)

04/30/12 – after some extremely obnoxious, albeit typical, 9 yr old boy behavior, my (to remain nameless) son must have noticed my displeasure with said behavior, as he smiled and asked: “Mommy, am I on thin ice?”

04/24/12 – Dear Dogs~ Chewing up child #3b’s glasses this morning… not a great way to start the week!! More and more regifting you is sounding like a great plan!!!! :) Love, the one who will never get another dog (let alone two!)!!!!!

04/27/12 – Zoey doing her morning exercises… she calls these “Caleb ups!”

04/24/12 – I have just been informed that one of my sons would like a pet bird….. because 7 people and 2 dogs isn’t enough in our 1500 square foot house! Sorry kid.. hate to burst your bubble but NO!!

04/26/12 – Dear Kids~ Don’t even bother with excuses because there is not one that will satisfy the reason why there were a pair of DIRTY SNEAKERS on my KITCHEN TABLE!! (Of course I suppose I should be happy they are in the house as opposed to the pair that is out on the lawn)! Forever the Killjoy, love Mom

04/26/12 – As one, to remain nameless child, was being extremely loud and obnoxious this morning, another child, apparently sensing my “happiness” over this, said: “Its OK mom, I’ll get you ear plugs and ear muffs for your birthday, so you don’t have to listen to this anymore!” … too bad my birthday isn’t until February! :)

04/24/12 – No need to cry over spilled milk… or sour cream spilled all over the family room, or the glue stick I found in the washer, or the toothbrush I found in the van…nah… it’s all good… just another… never a dull moment … day in the life :)

04/24/12 – Dear Kids~ It is fine with me if you want to “warm your hands by my coffee maker” as your brother just announced you all should.. however… if you should break my coffee maker… especially before I have actually gotten a cup of coffee out of it… I can tell you with certainty that this will not be your best day ever! :) Always the killjoy & forever the President of the Mean Moms Club, love Mom

04/23/12 – And my reign as president of the Mean Mom club continues with a vengeance….but as a result all children wore coats (can you believe the nerve I had to make them wear coats today?!?! :) ) to school and got their breathing treatments done!! Life is rough for my kids… being forced to be warm and healthy!!

04/22/12 – Dear Kids~ I totally appreciate what you’re saying about my cooking when making the following comment about the dinner NaNa made you tonight: “That’s the best dinner we’ve had in YEARS!” Is it really that bad?! :)

04/21/12 – Dear Kids~ If I find one more (USED) cereal bowl stuffed in the couch cushions (apparently much easier than a trip to the dishwasher) or one more box of ice cream melting on the counter… you may be regifted with the dogs. Just a fair warning! Always the killjoy, love Mom

04/21/12 – And this is how how I walked around all morning… gonna be one of those kinda days! :)

04/20/12 – As I nearly ran over the door to my mailbox (which found its way to the middle of the road today).. I was very grateful that a new mailbox has been ordered and this Redneck Mailbox Drama should soon be over!!!

04/19/12 – Dear Nurse at the allergists office this afternoon~ I am quite sorry (and slightly embarrassed) that your thermometer was stuck in my gum when you went to take it out of my mouth! Another chapter in the book of “Only Me!”

04/16/12 – Dear Dogs~ Go ahead and run when I open the front door! I am no longer going to try and stop you nor am I going to try and retrieve you! (I may however try to slip your collars off on your way out!) Run like the wind!

04/15/12 – Dear Kids~ If you’re going to jump down the basement stairs.. PLEASE do not use my camera to take pic of yourselves (thus busting yourselves when I later go through my pics) doing so! I’d rather be in the dark about said events! Thanks for your contribution to my sanity, Mom

04/14/12 – As we were driving through Virginia somewhere the kids said to me “mom look!”… The picture below is what I saw. Yes, they (duct) taped their brothers mouth shut. No, I had no idea they were doing this… however… maybe it isn’t such a bad idea! LOL

04/11/12 – Dear to remain nameless son~ NO NO and NO again.. you cannot jump out our bedroom window to get down to the water (that is not meant to be gotten to in this location) outside our condo! Always the killjoy, love Mom

04/10/12 – Nothin’ but high-class here…. duct tape to the rescue again… this is how we keep track of their cups (and more importantly.. don’t have to keep washing them all day long!)

04/09/12 – Dear People Whose parking spot is next to ours (at the condo)~ Don’t be afraid.. the chalk drawings of silhouettes all over your parking spot have nothing to do with you or your impending doom… just my kids “playing!” Sincerely… The crazy family next door :)

04/08/12 – Dear (to remain nameless) Son~ I appreciate that you caught the sliding glass door that you ran right into and knocked off the track (at our condo)… however…in the interest of not getting kicked out… b/c you are the child who also caused yesterdays call to Maintenance… I am going to ask that you sit still for the remainder of the week! Always the killjoy, love Mom

04/07/12 – Dear Kids… While I appreciate your creativity… my blush brush is not to be used to “dust for fingerprints” in your game of CSI! Always the killjoy, love Mom

04/07/12 – Duct Tape can fix anything… the Easter Bunny forgot the Easter Baskets… so a little duct tape… plus some shopping bags… equals problem solved and 5 little Red Neck Easter Baskets :)

04/07/12 – We have arrived… and in true Kasper (aka Griswold) fashion… we hadn’t been in our condo 5 minutes and I was on the
phone with maintenance explaining that a … to remain nameless…
son of mine had both clogged and overflowed one of the toilets! Awesome… I’m sure the staff will be counting the days until we head home :)

04/05/12 – This is the game where one child ties a sweatshirt around his or her waist and proceeds to get on the scooter. Another child puts a pair of roller-blades on and grabs the sweatshirt of scooter child…scooter child starts scootering and away they both go! Again.. love the creativity… (*warning if you should try this at home… when going downhill.. rollerblading child after rams into scooter child…though no injuries have yet to be reported!)

04/05/12 – as I hear all the fighting going on around me.. I can’t wait for several hours of hap hap happy family bonding tomorrow in the van! Another Kasper (aka Griswold) adventure awaits!

04/04/12 – This is the game where you throw several balls up to the person in the tree, said person tries to catch them (meaning he let’s go of the tree entirely for at least brief moments of time… safety first here), collects them and throws them all back. Gotta love the creativity… could be worse… at least I know where they are! :)

04/04/12 – and the reason I was SO EAGER for my children to start talking is????? Some mornings, especially, before I have my coffee and when all 5 are jabbering to me at once, periodically stopping only to yell “one at a time” to a sibling…I wish there was an off button! Just keepin’ it real! :)

04/03/12 – Dear Kids~ If your mission is to ride my last nerve this morning.. congratulations… Mission Accomplished… now if you would kindly find a new Mission! Always the Killjoy, love Mom

04/01/12 – Well, I am raising Pranksters for sure… but have to give myself a pat on the back.. they are good-hearted pranksters… all of the missing April Fools items… silverware drawer, laptop, couch cousins etc…. were returned in a nice pile on my bed!! And, this momma says.. let the games begin… look out next year kids!

04/01/12 – And the April Fools Pranks continue… this would be my pantry… with cans whose labels have been ripped off!! And, I’m told I will have to go on a scavenger hunt to find my silverware drawer! The fun never ends! :)

04/01/12 – What does April Fools day look like in a house full of crazy kids…… well so far I have been sprayed by the hose in our kitchen sink, (when I went to get a glass of water), found everything I need to make my coffee in the microwave, and have yet to find all of my silverware (that’s right they took the entire silverware holder out of the drawer and hid it!!) or my laptop! I’m sure there’s more fun to come!

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Here are the updates from previous months.

Tags: April, boys, Dear kids, dogs, duct tape, funny, kids, parenting, shoes, trees, triplets

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Amy Kasper May 29, 2012 at 3:25 pm

Thanks for posting these :)

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- Nathan May 29, 2012 at 4:23 pm
  
  Thanks for writing these!
  
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