Ugly with a Big Butt

Monday mornings are usually quite drama filled. My boys spend all weekend long playing video games with occasional forays out into the back yard. I am very okay with their self directed activities. Everyone is happy so I’m good

When Monday morning comes, the realization that they have a week of teacher directed activities really causes quite the uproar. SJ (8) usually starts out really pissy, looking for reasons to be overly dramatic. Surprise, surprise – he finds reasons all over the place. Law of attraction is great that way!

This morning, the boys were getting their last rush on video gaming, before we had to leave for school, and intensely irritating each other in the process. Eventually the teasing and taunting turned into a pummel fest with both of them running my direction. I decided video games were done for the morning and basically yelled at them to go find something else to do.

Don’t know what I was thinking, but adding to the fire only served to create a bigger fire. SJ then went into dramatic overdrive and basically cussed me out, kid style.

Before he went stomping up the stairs to his room, he was yelling at me saying what a horrible mom I was. To punctuate his feelings about me, at that moment, he ended his tirade by yelling “You’re ugly and have a big butt!!”.

His brother, JD (6), was standing beside me at the time and was looking VERY shocked at the outburst while looking at me to see what my reaction would be. Much to SJ’s intense irritation, I burst out laughing! JD looked relieved and then rolled his eyes announcing “Dramatica!”.

JD does his own sort of Dramatica about school, but that needs a post of it’s own.