~*~ Who the HELL are you and what did you do with our mother??~*~

Yeah, that would explain the look on my children’s faces as I gave the three of them butt whoopin’s. The first, I might add, in their young lives!
I have decided that I need to take charge here. I am a single mom; my babies are 12, 10 and 10. They are very quickly developing smart mouths and major attitudes and I, all the sudden, need to learn to be a mom.
Up until this point, it would be fair to say that I have done nothing short of spoiling my children. They have always gotten what they have asked for, one way or another and they have also been able to talk to me in any way they have wanted.
Now I know how I was as a teenager and I had discipline. I can’t even fathom how children turn out that have none. My children will turn out like me, or worse than me, OVER MY DEAD BODY.
I have a wooden paddle, shaped to closely resemble a wooden spoon but 50% larger. I wrote “LOVE” in magic marker on it and it now has become our love board. I sat the kiddos down for a talk. I let them know that I will not accept back talk, tantrums or bad grades. I also will not accept living in a pigsty. I let them know, it is not only them that I am changing now, it is also myself and I know it is not going to be easy.
Brittany flipped to say the least. You woulda thought I killed her best friend in front of her. Zachary has been pretty quite, aside from fighting with his sisters when he was suppose to be working on his room. {{WHOOPIN’}}
Samantha will be my test. She has questioned why I was taking a break from cleaning, told me that this new “thing” I was doing wasn’t going to work, rolled her eyes…..
{{WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP}} YES Mom DOES mean business this time!
The MOST amazing thing I saw, however, was Brittany’s hatred for the “new” me change over to admiration. She was beginning to look down on me and now is looking up at me again! Thank Goddess! I was sooo worried about her!
I had to take a couple days to get to the point of enforcing the new “laws” and now that I am here, I know I have to be EXTREMELY consistent. I cannot slack not even once for a very long time.
Being a mom is really hard! Pray for me!