Mean Nanny

I must be world's meanest nanny. Today I managed to make both my 8 year old and my 10 year old charges cry. And honestly I feel more tired than bad about it. What, do you think I did that was so heinous that generally reasonable children would absolutely freak out about?

I told B (8) that he couldn't play outside with his friends. Prompting sobs of "I NEVER get to play with my friends!" and "I HATE soccer camp, I want to quit so I can play all day with my friends."

And K, She loves Basketball and wants to play again really badly, but her leg is apparently in no condition to do so (if she can't handle soccer). We have to start reconditioning her let and her dad told me to make her walk around the lake (about 3/4 mile) twice every day. Tonight I told her we would not be watching any more TV and that we were all going for a walk around the lake. Oh my emotional explosion! She is 11 and threw a full on temper tantrum. I generally pick my battles, and I picked that one! It ended up with her having her kindle taken away, and her stomping half way to the lake. Only 5 or so minutes into our walk round the lake she was laughing and chatting and just fine. I was so frustrated-- SERIOUSLY? SERIOUSLY? I just had a knock-down-drag-out fight with her and she's laughing!!! As we neared the end I said "Now K, don't you feel a little silly?" and she sheepishly replied that she did, in fact feel silly about the fit that she threw.

On the bright side, we saw a beaver. Seriously, with the big tail and the teeth (yes, I realize that that is usually what is included in a beaver).

And I took the puppies out later tonight so maybe they'll sleep in a little bit tomorrow... maybe...

And we had Cafe Rio for dinner. Pork Salad is the stuff heaven serves. Along with hot and sour soup from Golden Dynasty. Mmmm I hope heaven has buffets.