a mothers life drama and humour!

I find myself laughing thinking back to last week when I told my sister (in a room full of Dads or non parents), the most eventful thing of my day how dramatic it was for me getting home from Kerikeri before the school bus did! I have great neighbours and friends to grab the kids if I am running late to get home...but it was MS"s first week at school and I knew how much she wanted to go on the bus (it was only her 3rd time in the whole week!)... I rushed, and was held up with so much traffic - and a car going 20kph!! Anyway I made it home in time! My silent audience at the time of retelling the story indicates most didnt "get" my drama... oh well.....

The playstation

Now I did not ever want a playstation in our house. I have memories of my husband up at 3am in the morning glued to the playstation when he had to go to work a few hours later at 6am!
So I was rather annoyed when he eventually brought one for our 6yr old son at Christmas last year.
Disappointed that I have to say "i told you so". What did I find at midnight last night when I went to check on the noise I heard in my childrens room? My son whipping the playstation portable quickly underneath his pillow and his red swollen eyes to go with it when I turned on the light! I so wanted to break the thing when I discovered it - what stopped me? My frugal ways and environmentally friendly ways.
My dear son got a chatting to this morning, he is sorry and understands why I was disappointed and why he wont be seeing that damn machine for the rest of the school holidays. Dear husband got a chatting to also!
It's not that big a deal - in the grand scheme of things, i know....but..... oh never mind I dont have to say it - you mothers know!