Back story: It's no secret that the kids getting into the fridge is the arch nemesis to my cleaning efforts. This is why we padlock our fridge at night! There have been countless 5lb. bags of shredded cheese- finely shredded- spilled all over my floors. My kids just want to eat all.the.time! It's a nightmare.
Now... It's no secret that one of my parents thinks that I'm too lax in the spanking department with my kids. More times than not, I get told that I should have started spanking them sooner. Um... I do spank, just not for every little thing. I, at one point, found my kids flinching if I raised my hand for any reason and realized that I would nudge/slap/harass for almost everything that made me irritated. I realized that that was just not the way I wanted my kids to grow up. They do get spanked for big things- like whipping their sister in the face with a bungee cord yesterday (Tyson)- but not for everything they do. However, I have learned this parent's "Mad Voice." I can get stern and angry with the best of them. They know that if I say something in said tone, they better do it or that hard-earned spanking is coming, and it's not going to be pretty!
The other day, while working on the computer while Randy was working in the office, the kids were supposed to be finishing their show and then coming up to make their beds. Then...the fridge alarm. Anger, and if I'm being honest- fear, shoots through me like a hot knife through butter. So, I scream downstairs from my workplace, "Shut the fridge!" in the most seriously mean, vengeful, angered voice possible. Door shuts, kids scramble to their couches. Done! Then from the office comes the most sweet, syrupy, loving, high-pitched "mothers" voice of my dear husband, "Kids, would you please shut the fridge?" I realized I probably could have said it a bit nicer and started laughing HYSTERICALLY!!! Punk! We laughed, and laughed, and laughed. I couldn't help it. I did feel like such a beast, I had yelled with the meanest witch voice imaginable:)
This morning, while we were looking through the fridge for breakfast, that alarm went off again. As if on cue, all the kids- in a whispered, angry voice- said, "Shut the fridge!" And I had to laugh again:)
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