Tuesday 20 November 2012

I HATE Peas!!!!

Tonight was a gong show pretty much from the minute the kids walked in the door at 3:59.  They were tired. They were hungry. They were mad because I never let them get to do anything fun. Standard school day stuff really.

A friend of my daughter's came over - the kids played for a while, then the two girls put on a bit of a piano performance for me. I decided it would be nice to sip on a glass of my favorite wine while I was listening. It was wonderful . . .  for about 5 minutes.

About the time I was able to relax, my youngest son decided that he was starving and required a Nutella Samwich as soon as possible. He began to complain loudly when I reminded him dinner would be in just a few minutes. As his volume increased, so did the piano's - resulting in my other son cranking the volume on the TV. So much for relaxing.

After the friend went home, it was time to serve dinner. I served peas . . . sweet little morsels of green smothered in butter and dusted with salt and pepper. Yes, I love me some peas. Unfortunately, my oldest son did not agree.

And so began a 25 minute long tirade about how much he hates peas.  After the first five minutes, I decided to make it into a drinking game. Every time he mentioned how much he hated peas, I'd take a swig of my wine.  I should have known better. This is a kid who fought for 70 minutes about eating 4 kernels of corn!


Five minutes into the game I gave up on pouring the wine into a glass and started drinking straight out of the bottle. Fifteen minutes and 3/4 of a bottle later I was totally practically wasted. Even I couldn't understand the slurring words coming out of my mouth as I tried to cajole him into eating the one teaspoon full of peas on his plate. I did what any responsible parent would do at that point - I slammed the bottle onto the table, put my hands in the air, and shouted "I'm Out!"

Kid: 1  Mom: 0

Oh well, maybe next time.



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12 comments:

  1. Duly noted to not commence drinking games whilst tying to reprimand my child! lmao soo funny! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. It was a risk I was willing to take that night ... not sure if it was worth the headache the next day lol! Thanks so much for stopping by :)

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  2. Haha love it! We've all been there... or at least been hugely tempted! xx

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    1. lol - there is always temptation in my house :) Thanks so much for taking the time to comment - I appreciate it very much!

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  3. Can I first just say that I fucking love the name of your blog? You had me at Gin and Tonic... Second, you are my kind of lady! Making a drinking game out of your son's complaints? Genius! last I love peas.

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    1. Thank you! I can't take credit for the title - a friend who also has twins always told me that when things were crazy the perfect cure was a Gin & Tonic. She's very wise :)

      So glad you stopped by - have a fantastic weekend!

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  4. Now that my kid is older I feel like I wasted so much time that I could have spent drinking.

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  5. Love it! Found you on I don't like Mondays, New follower

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    1. Thank you! Glad you stopped by - can't wait to check out your blog :)

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  6. So...then...green beans tonight instead of peas? ;)

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    1. Could be - I'll have to check out my Gin supply first lol

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