Freak outs. So many to choose from.
It was a busy week for Trinity in the Freak Out department.
I'll just give you the highlights
Tim Hortons drive thru.
No chocolate Long Johns.
The screaming begins. Kicking so hard that her boot flew off her foot and hit her in the head. More screaming.
Crackled voice from drive-thru speaker asks if everything is all right.
Calmly pay for my double-double. Get sympathy smile from dude at window.
Pull into parking stall, sip up coffee goodness, wait for eardrums to stop riinging.
Sorry, Trinity, no donuts for you.
(sounding like Tom Hanks "There's NO crying in baseball")
"There will be no crying over chocolate."
Later, same day, give child bedtime snack.
Screams from living room.
Check to see if child is on fire ~ nope. Bleeding? Nope.
Problem: Not enough chocolate sauce in milk. Can't taste the chocolate.
More kicking, Milk cup flies across the floor.
Sorry, Trinity, no bedtime snacks for you.
"There will be no crying over chocolate"
Next day, child comes running out of school doors looking very upset.
"I HATED my snacks today. I wanted my chocolate granola bar!!!!!"
Crying ensued. Dropping to her knees in schoolyard seemed appropriate.
Kicking and wailing on the way home.
Sorry, Trinity, no after school snacks for you.
"There will be no crying over chocolate."
Put sweet, sweet child to bed. Silence fills the house.
Grab secret stash of Cadbury Mini-Eggs.
Savour the melty chocolate goodness.
A tear comes to my eye.
There is no crying over chocolate.
28 comments:
Thanks I needed that chuckle this morning. The privelage of being a mom, we get to have chocolate when and how we please.
Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm glad I'm not the only one with a testy kiddo and secret reserves of the good stuff.
It seems like I just read your last Freak Out Friday. Where did the week go?
This totally sounds like my daughter. I guess I have many more years of tantrums over chocolate!
Seriously, womans? YOU ARE INCREDIBLE! HOW do you write like that?! It's a gift. I'm not even kidding. You are amazing. SO PROUD OF YOU. Sniff.
And also damn funny! LOVE you, and your chocoloate.
THat was such a fun read--and I'm always glad to know I'm not alone as I'm suffering through battles in the mommy trenches!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I'm glad you found me through Lee--she is a doll!! We got to meet last weekend and I'm so excited. Anyway, I'm here to return the favor & am your newest follower!
;-)
Happy Friday! Have some more Cadbury eggs for me!
Lack of chocolate seems like a perfectly legitimate reason to cry :)
Love this and love your blog and all your comments on mine and that you made me your cool blog of the day!! Thanks!! I am your newest follower and all around nudge!!
First off, the dude was not offering a smile of compassion, it was lust. Because even through the screams of your wild offspring and the drive threw window, he sensed your awesomeness. Drive threw dudes don't give a shit if your kid is crying unless you are HOT. What I enjoy most about your freakout Fridays is that they detail scenarios that would make me lose it and you report it with wit and what feels like serenity.
My favorite response to a tantrum over any object or activity of desire: "If chocolate makes you cry like this than it is not a good snack for you" "If that drill makes you cry when you have to wait your turn, it must not be the right toy for you". Sooooo passive aggressive-ish.
i bet you made the guy on the drive thru speakers day...
Behold the power of chocolate
Trinity is justified this time! Every time I weigh myself, I see crying over chocolate lmao!
Lol. Boy, I need to make a secret stash but I'll have chocolate AND wine. Now, that's a GREAT idea. :)
Perfection.
HA!!! Definitely no crying over chocolate! Boys yes. Chocolate- NO.
Sounds like Trinity is seriously jonesing. Poor girl. You should totally slip an egg under her pillow:)
She'll be saying 'to hell with the tooth fairy...bring on the Cadfairy'.
Okay, maybe not...
Heading to kitchen for more java aka brain juice:)
As an SMC of two sons under the age of three, you can bet I have a secret stash of chocolate. It waits patiently for me to retrieve it in secret after the boys (finally) fall asleep!
Wow, it sounds like you had a quite a week, too! Aren't tantrums great? My son hasn't discovered the awesomeness of chocolate candies yet. If I give him half an M & M, he spits it out on the floor because of the hard texture. He doesn't understand that if he bit into it, he would love it. After all, he does love ice cream. Here's to tantrums!
Wonderful post. I particularly love the ending.
I have to hand it to her, I cry when I'm out of chocolate, too. :)
Oh, the irony! The power of that cocoa bean!:)
ps) I just did my own (a day late) for the fun ... or therapy ... of it! Thanks :)
LOL Oh how I loved this! I too keep a secret stash of all things bad for kids but clearly required for Mommys to survive!
Chocolate rocks and so do you. Thanks for always stopping by and being so sweet to me. YOu so rock..
Have a great weekend.
Good for you and the secret stash ;-)
I'm such a softie I probably would have woken her up to share some - or would I ?
Hope you are doing well!
Sounds like an early drama queen on your hands. :) My son acts the same way....outburts over the silliest things.
can i just tell you that i danced a jig, literally, tonight when my whining children finally went to bed tonight.
oh, how i would love a piece of chocolate right now.
Dear Lord, what will happen when she hits PMS?
Too Funny!
Love it!
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