101 ways to drive your mom crazy in ONE day!--- and how a parent can counter them.

Well... summer is on.  The kids and I are home.  There are projects to be done and kids to boss around.... i mean guide and help.  One thing for sure.  There are lessons to be learned by parents--- for example, my girls and I headed to town today to run some simple errands.  By the time I got home I was undoubtedly the crankiest person in the world--- seriously. 
So way #1- to drive a parent NUTS in ONE DAY.
ask a question and then NOT even begin to listen to the answer and ask the question in a really cute way again in 20 minutes.

Way #1 for parents to counter---
make up a different crazy answer each time they ask the same question.  This way you will know if they are even listening.. maybe you can catch them. 

Way #2 - sing the same stong over and over and over again.... over a three hour period.  Sing it in different voices and to different tunes and at different volumes.
Counter #2 - sing with them... my kids hate it when I sing... it usually stops them.

Kids way #3 - talk to your parent while they are trying to get lost in a song... if they are singing... make sure you talk louder and louder and repeat everything you have said at least three times.

Parent's counter #3 - turn the radio up louder and louder... shake your finger at them a few times... I don't know that I have mastered this one yet. 

More to come... This is a work in the making... a continuous list in my head.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

—Romans 12:12

Genisis 33:5  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Way to drive your parent crazy #4- Ignore all requests to get dressed, put away laundry, any thing....  and then freak out when everyone is ready to go and you aren't.

Parent counter #4-- turn off tv, pick child up, carry them to the requested area, smile, kiss them on the head and thank them for doing their part.