The Movies came to life.


I'm not getting the "Mother of the Year" award this year.

Again.

I've been disqualified each and every year since I became a mom in 1986.

Sigh...

It would be helpful to remember, if I was actually hoping to win, that if you have just taken your children to see Toy Story 3, you may not want to role play the traumatic parts unknowingly.

So yeah, it goes like this:

Toy Story 3 is about toys that are broken, or outgrown that are thrown in the trash or donated to a daycare to be tortured. The toys are heartbroken and try to get back to their home before their owner leaves for college, where they would prefer to be put in the attic than discarded or abused. After making it home in the knick of time, the owner donates them to a little girl who will love them and play with them. The End.

Fast forward to yesterday..

After a long frustrating day full of arguing, discipline and chores, I told the girls that if they had too many toys to clean up, we would get rid of some.

An hour later, the playroom STILL looked like a bomb had gone off, so I told Aria to grab a box of trash bags because we were getting rid of some of the toys.

And I meant it.

Their ball bath had been destroyed, so I started there packing up balls while Aria sobbed and Gianna said, "I don't care." over and over.

Gianna is very sentimental,as you can see.

The pool a.k.a. the ball bath got a hole, so I was planning to toss it anyway. As I shoved it into the trash bag Aria, is hysterically sobbing so I call her over to talk.

"Mommy, I'm so sorry for not cleaning up our toys. But please Mommy, DON'T THROW THEM IN THE TRASH."

Sniffle. Choke. Sob.


"Mommy, if we have to get rid of our toys can we PLEASE give them to a sweet girl, instead? I have lots of sweet girls in my Sunday School class. PLEASE?? Don't throw them in the trash!!"


Hmmm.....Where have I heard this before????

Ahhh, and then the lightbulb moment of connecting said movie with real life came on.

And I realized, yet again, that I am woefully lacking in the compassion and tact department.

And the short-term memory department.

But hey, there's always next year, right? I'm just sure adding TWINS will up my chances!! HA!





Comments

  1. JustinJune 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM

    hahahaaha this is priceless. i can see this happening. just tell her you are sending them to Yo's house for when she comes to visit.

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  2. AnonymousJune 22, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    You still get my vote!!!! By the way, I like Justin's suggestion.

    G'ma

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  3. SheilaJune 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Hee, hee! This made me giggle! :)

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