Karma.
So, we’ve established that Emily has not been the easiest child in the world to deal with the past few weeks. While I’ll admit that it is 1000 times better than last week, it’s still not a perfect situation with the child. How can such a beautiful little girl be so evil? And where does she LEARN this stuff???
Now, I’m a firm believer that God takes care of all things. In the Bible, it says something along the lines of, “An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth.”
Evidentally, this week, it meant “A hair for a hair.”
As punishment to my child for making me pull my hair out for the past few weeks, God evidentally decided that enough was enough with this child, and so, He pulled her hair out:
Um, is it bad that I was laughing when she came in with her hair wrapped around the propellers of an electric airplane? And that I made Gabe take a picture of it while I was trying to pry it free? I tried not to laugh, really I did. I was unsuccessful. So, while trying to contain my giggle, I slowly unwound her curly hairs from the propellers. A few minutes later, she was free. Her punishment supposedly served. Some hairs were beyond untanglement and had to be trimmed (she did NOT like the thought that her hair had to be cut!) So I’m thinking, great. She learned her lesson. She received her punishment from the Almighty. She won’t do that again, right?
Wrong.
Not three minutes later, she walked back into my office looking like this:
Seriously? Having an airplane stuck in her hair didn’t teach this bull-headed kid a lesson the FIRST time? I’m thinking that God figured her behavior has been SO bad over the past few weeks that He needed to pull her hair out more than once to straighten her up. So, I pried her hair from the propellers AGAIN, and, yes, I took the plane away. Because while she did kinda deserve having her hair pulled out as much as mine has been recently, I didn’t want to go down in history as the most cruel mother in the world, ya know?
(should I mention that in the 3 days since this occurred, she has gotten in WAY less trouble than before? Oh, yeah. Karma is good.)
THANK YOU, GOD!!!! I OWE YOU ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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p.s. I should also mention that finally, 9 months after I began, I am finishing painting our master bedroom. Since there is a picture of the paint can in one of my HOF layouts, I thought perhaps I should finish the task before the book came out. I’m also thinking that hiring painters from now on is a REALLY good idea.
Aw tracey HOW CUTE IS SHE… No, you are not a cruel mother… I need to get my little girl a plane.. Maybe she will behave good LOL…
have a wonderful day
xoxo
Emine
Comment by Emine — August 10, 2007 @ 6: 13
This is hysterical!!!!!
Comment by Michelle — August 10, 2007 @ 8: 28
LOL - poor thing - but I TOTALLY understand!
Comment by michelle lanning — August 10, 2007 @ 8: 32
OMG- that’s all I’m sayin’
Comment by Lee W — August 10, 2007 @ 8: 49
Tracey…that is soo funny. Talk about just desserts! My Sara is an older version of your sweet little girl. I’d like to tell you that it gets better, but…lol. She’ll do okay. She’s lucky to have a great mom like you…and it’s okay to be frustrated and then laugh when it looks like they’ve received just what they kinda/sorta deserved!
I was watching HSN the other night. Are you the Tracey that designed the silouhette for the Wishblade??? If so, it was beautiful. You wouldn’t want to come to Arkansas and show me how to use mine to it’s fullest potential, would you?? (Picture Puss-n-boots big sad cat eyes from Shrek…) I’ll even put you up for free at my place! (Hey, I can dream, can’t I?)
Comment by Johanna — August 11, 2007 @ 3: 41
Tracy—Hahaha….not that it is really funny…but Karma is a wonderful thing….It doesn’t make you a bad mom to laugh….it makes you a real mom….thanking the god above for creating a punishment so much better than we as human beings can. LOL….
I so remember similar days when my kids were young….y kids were chasing crawdads…in the creek behind our house, in which they were NOT supposed to play in…..Suffice it to say, we have a wonderful GOD with a great sense of humor
Comment by Robin N — August 11, 2007 @ 8: 20
ROFL! Look at that FACE! Priceless.
Comment by Shaunte — August 12, 2007 @ 5: 35
OMG the poor thing! At least she didn’t just cut it out (that’s what my 10 year old did right at the end of the school year… sigh)
Comment by Beth — August 13, 2007 @ 12: 55
OMG, she went back for more???!! Poor thing. She looks so upset in that first pic. What a silly little thing. Anymore hair adventures today?
Comment by Kerry — August 13, 2007 @ 4: 51
So hilarious! Good thing it was something that will grow back and she wasn’t hurt too bad. And you didn’t even have to resort to a kennel!
Comment by Nicole Crum — August 13, 2007 @ 7: 56
Oh my…loved that you laughed. Even though I think it was funnier that she did it again.
Comment by Linda — August 14, 2007 @ 8: 29
James and I had a good giggle over this.
We totally understand and um….can we borrow that airplane? Carson should get a chance to ‘play’ with it too, eh?
hehehe….big hugs!
Comment by Peg — August 15, 2007 @ 7: 40
First off Tracy…it’s me from SG…LOL…but I was reading your blog and laughing at your Emily. Maybe it’s the name or something….my Emily sounds JUST like her….LOL.
Poor thing though…owie on the hair in the plane…not once but twice…and giggle at you for giggling at HER. LOL
Comment by Tara O'Rourke — August 23, 2007 @ 2: 51