And the Award Goes to...

                 I'm pretty sure I just earned the "Worst Mommy in the World" award... 

I was frustrated when I discovered my son had wet his pants, yet again and tried to pretend he didn't know it. I had already had a rough day and this is such a common occurrence for my 6 year old, that it just sent me over the top! So I told him if he didn't start taking responsibility for his own pee, I would send him away to a school for kids who can't keep their pants dry.

 (Yup! I'll take that award now! )

                 So my sweet little boy starts to tear up and I can see this threat has really affected him and I start to feel really bad about it but I don't want to take it back because in the back of my mind I'm thinking, hmmm... this might work... FAIL! (You are starting to see why I deserve the award, right?)

                So I'm putting him to bed and he is just barely holding back his tears and my heart is breaking! I ask him why he is upset (like I don't know) and he says, "I don't want to go away... I want to stay with you." (Which is when I start to realize, I have really outdone myself in the Mean Mommy category!) His tears start to roll and my heart turns to mush and I gather him up in my arms and make my confession, I tell him, "I am sorry I said that, there really is no such place and I would never send you away because if you ever went away I would cry my eyes out every single day! I will never leave you and I will never let anyone take you away from me! I need your sweet hugs and kisses every day, and will you please forgive me for being a mean Mommy?!!".

                 Johnny, visibly relieved, and not a big crier, wipes furiously at his tears, laughing in his good-natured way, because, "the water just keeps coming out". We hug for a long time and then I tuck him in and read "Guess How Much I Love You", for his bedtime story. Before I leave his room I want to make sure he will sleep peacefully, assured that I will never abandon him, so I tell him to think about the fact that I love him and will never ever send him away and he says, happily, "I can't, because then the water won't stop coming out of my eyes!".

                This kid has my heart all wrapped up. It's his. He can do with it what he wants!

Sigh..... So anyway, about that award....