I always love to share my mom stories because they tell you the other side of me; confused, crazy and fun. At work, I try to be as formal as possible, with colleagues and superiors and I can be too formal…..too too formal for my own liking. I guess I see ‘work’ as a very serious thing and when it involves the lives of other, you can only be serious and do the best that you can to get it done.
The other side of me is ‘me’ with my kids. Gosh! I think I am the craziest Nigerian mom ever. I find myself thinking and doing crazy stuffs like dancing and shaking my stuffs (don’t ask what my stuff is) just to prove that I am sixteen, sneezing loudly because I want to be noticed and the kids would say ‘bless you mum’ or is it taking a bet to see who eats more food or cleans up faster.
I love to try new things with the kids; what works and not and even though they resist at first, what mom says is what happens at the end of the day. To be sincere, I don’t force them to do exactly what I ask them to do. I just give them options and many reasons why my opinion is very important. And so, two weeks ago, I called them to the room and explained to them what recession meant. I said repeat after me, “Nigeria is in recession and recession is not just a word” and they did. Then, I gave them a list of luxury items ; lollipops, games (includes using my data to play games), gel pens, cakes, ice creams, no change of lunch bags till end of the year…..and others ….that will have to be on hold for now.
After all the whining, they accepted but reluctantly. Also, I asked them to start working and they will be paid for their work. Right now, they handle the house chores like beans….saves me from a lot of work and anxiety. They even fight over chores too like TY is trying to buy something really expensive for herself so she is working really hard and my cutey Isy wants to be my honey boo boo…..to impress me all year long.
See me see trouble these past two days, they solicit for ‘jobs’ now and request that they must be paid. Meanwhile, my money don finish for these children. So now, I am forced to explain that there are jobs that they are supposed to do as my children and others that I will pay for…..and hopefully, I get to decide on the jobs I pay for. LMAO.
I really want them to learn how to do things for themselves but also to play it safe as not to blow my budget/money.
You need to see the look on their faces when they ask for their money……I don enter one chance.
See you on the other side….
Ciao!
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