For those of you that have read my blog, you know that I am resident SM to SS8 & SD7. They have, as of late, been making my life miserable. I haven’t blogged about my resident Skids much as I don’t feel that their behavior is that off as far as age appropriateness goes. SO has been making vain threats lately as well which I think makes him look silly when they chose to break the rules. I certainly don’t expect him to make SS wear an orange t-shirt to school that say’s “PRISONER” on it for lying but I also would expect him to throw things at them that he’s willing & able to do. This is one of the recent “threats of punishment” that has been thrown out there. He’s done better at not making the vain threats but he’s slipped back into it over the last month or so.

As far as chores go, both Skids are awesome! As far as general behavior goes…again awesome! They do school type stuff daily, they read daily, they get plenty of play time…but then there’s everything else.

SS8 has been lying…A LOT. It’s gotten to the point of my SO & I arguing over it because he doesn’t see how SS could be lying THAT MUCH or over things that are THAT STUPID. Today however, things came to a head & SS’s continuous lies were laid out in the open for all to behold. SO was HIGHLY irate with SS & he had hell to pay. SS tries to follow the rules but for some strange reason, can’t seem to tell the truth, even if his life depended on it.

SD7…what can I say…the only thing that comes to my mind right now is she’s her mother’s child. I HATE saying that & I despise that I feel that way even more. SD has been a butt head since December. She blatantly refuses to follow the simplest of rules (admits freely that she just didn’t feel like doing xxx, so she didn’t), she acts like she is petrified of me (cowering if I walk by or worse yet, tell her off for something), tries to get her brother in trouble, behaves like she is the queen bee who can do no wrong & has a foul attitude…the list goes on & on. I’m honestly having a hard time thinking of anything good to say about her at the moment.

After the day that we’ve had, SO sat them both down & broke it down Barney style…he was so sweet (about me, not to them)! He told them that they are to treat me as the “very special person that I am” & that I don’t deserve the disrespect that SD throws at me. He told them (again) that I had nothing to do with their BM Nasty leaving or with her not calling them very much. He told them that from here on out, that any signs of disrespect of me or our rules will result in harsh punishments…hopefully he follows through with it. He made a promise to me tonight that he would follow through…he is usually true to his word.

Updated punishment threats that I believe SO will follow through on are as follows-
No electronics
Muscle Memory (USMC style)
Loss of toys
Loss of basic “big kid” privileges
Loss of toys
Loss of “big kid” bedding (SD has a LPS bedding set that she ADORES!!!)
Early bed time (immediately after dinner)

My issue is that both SS & SD tend to show an “I don’t give a damn” attitude about EVERYTHING…they could get into MASSIVE trouble & they’ll be snickering & laughing with their next breath. It’s actually almost creepy how little they seem to care. SS cares more than SD does but it’s still REALLY disconcerting.

UGH!