Rylie is getting the SHAFT in these BLOGS!!

It isn’t that I strive for my life to be so packed with “crazy” it just so happens that’s the way of MY world. Each girl is so very different in so many wonderful, eye -gouging ways. I think back to when I was their age and well… frankly, I am terrified. Every stage of their lives is a struggle, a battle, a war. Just when you think you know enough to get by, a birthday comes along and wipes out everything you thought you knew about that particular age. Every new age brings with it a new personality. I don’t understand the mind of a 5 year old. You can get down to their level and try and explain to them that they cannot write their name on the wall. You are supposed to be “positive” in speaking to them and explain that it’s “wrong”. And what a “more positive” behavior would be. And how do their actions make others “feel“? (((Insert gagging sounds here )))) THEY DON’T GET IT!!! This is my 3rd time with the 5 year old stage. It seems to get more challenging with each kid. They learn new tricks from the older ones so now the 5 year old, Rylie, is fine tuning her sneaky little ways. And doing a very good job at it I might add. Rylie sees nothing wrong with her future dream of becoming a Tagger. Her name is on the walls, the TV, every book the girls own and even on my car. Don’t ever use the old saying, “it doesn’t have your name on it”, because in about 1 minute…. IT WILL! One time she even tried blaming the graffiti on Bryanna. After all, it was on Bryanna’s wall in her room. The girls own hundreds of Washable Markers. Do you think that she uses those to ‘tag’? Nooooooo! It has to be the Sharpie Marker that you hide from pretty much just yourself, because the kids always find them before you remember where you put it. Ugggghhh. Each night I find 3 new gray hairs. Hmmm coincidence? I don’t think so.