I just survived taking 6 children to the orthodontist. Taylor had an appointment at 8:30am to put in spacers and take a mold of her mouth for her expander. Brittney needed to go because one of the wires on her bottom braces broke while she was at camp last week. The rest of the kids were there because I couldn't leave them at home.
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Riley took goggles that didn't belong to him while he was at the pool yesterday. That's the second time in a week (that I am aware of) that he's taken something that didn't belong to him. So now he gets to be with an adult most of the time. By default, that's me. Which makes him very crabby because he wants to be independent.
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Anthony had another huge meltdown this morning. Screaming that everyone hates him, saying he was going to kill me, threatening to hit the wall and break another window, being very verbally agressive, etc. I was trying to get everyone ready to be at the ortho appointment and it was really difficult to get everyone going and still try to manage Anthony's behavior. It all started because I asked him not to play his harmonica in the house.
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Zeke was up early yesterday for church, had a Special Olympics softball camp in the afternoon and then was invited to a band concert in the park. He was super tired this morning. So it took forever for him to get dressed and get his braces on, which I couldn't help him with because I was dealing with Anthony. Then the whole time we sat in the waiting room at the orthodontist, he was loudly telling anyone within earshot that I was mean, he didn't have to listen to me because I wasn't his mom, he hated it there, our family was bad, and anything else he could think of.  My personal favorite was when he put his fingers in his ears and starting yelling at the top of his lungs, "Na na na na na na. I can't hear you!"
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Sophia was tired and is two years old so I just needed to keep her entertained and out of the water jug and cups that were in the corner of the waiting room.
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I told another mom who was also waiting at the orthodontist that I need a vacation from summer vacation!
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