Hey kids… here’s a tip. If mom takes time outta her busy morning to drive you to school solely because you “don’t feel like riding the bus” – it didn’t zip by without you on it, your bari sax is already at school, you’re carrying no fragile popsicle stick and glue project, there’s no early morning activity for you to attend – you just wanted mom to chauffeur you… You had better *AT THE VERY LEAST* say ‘thank you’. Throwing in a ‘have a good day’ or ‘I love you’ is golden (sweet Calvie), but with no ‘thanks mom!’ you will rue the day electronic windows became standard options in vehicles.
I’m not sure I would’ve had the gumption to reach over and crank the window back in the day, but today, with the push of a single button I was able to make sure my little ingrate heard me, “Bye Alex, honey! Have a good day dear, mommy loves you very much, baby doll!” The true beauty of the window toggle requiring but a single finger? It freed up my other hand for waving and blowing kisses…
“I’m doing this tomorrow” says the mom of an ungrateful teenager.
the more animated you are – the better their response… just another little tip from one mom to another 😉
It would bring me extreme joy if you would give them a ride tomorrow and do the exact same thing, but I would like you to wear your pajamas and have your hair put up in pigtails and have the loudest makeup that you can come up with and then I would give them a reason to why you have to get out of the vehicle like maybe you made them a snack you have to give them. I am so bad, I don’t know what is wrong with me.
hahaha Jolene – the other day I took Abby to school (she’s in a math program that requires her to be at school early) and she looked at me and said, “Mom…. you ARE going to take the towel off your head before we go, right???”
If you did what Jolene said, I think Alex would die right on the spot. But you may get your point across.
I need to get some kind of flashing car accessory – too much anonymity with my basic black SUV…
Please blog about the hairy pits!!!! Please?? Pretty, pretty pleeeeeaaaaasssseeeee????
I literally have no clue how to even incorporate that into a story but…. For you I’ll try.