Im fed up, about to loose it and on the verge of tears!

[Anila]

Today is a public holiday for the brisbane ekka, really why do they need a holiday for an event that is just way to expensive for family of my size to attend anyway.
So it means the kids are home from school, they were home on monday because it was our redland city ekka show day holiday, and now again today.
and i am having a really bad day.

It started off really good, i was woken by hubby with my fluffy mail, i was handing out baby legs to all the kids, and thats when he started, i didnt get him a good cool pair of baby legs, he started crying like a baby, then he wanted to buy a chocolate and i said no, the tantrums got worse, and it just keeps escalating, all morning i have told the girls to ignore him.
My 8 yr old is wingeing that she has a headache and her chest is hurting, probably growning pains i said, but i havnt heard the end of it, both her and the boy have argued all morning yelling at each other, saying they hate each other, i have up until this point ingnored it all.

But im not doing so well now, i have just yelled, i am so close to just bawling like a baby myself, the house is a mess, but no one will help me clean it, yet they expect snacks and lunch, not until they tidy up i said, well the continuing ear bashing keeps going, im fed up.

yes i choose to have 5 kids and no i dont regret it one bit, but im not a slave, i am human, and they know how to clean up after them selves and they (the older ones) know how to behave, when we go out in public they are the most well behaved kids n the planet, no one understands why i get so frustrated.

yes the computer is on most of the day, but im not always sitting here, i do my house work in between reading posts and emails and my online shopping.

i know he is doing it for attention but im just so fed up..;
i just had to get this off my voluptious chest...

[Celsie]

Send them all outside to play and run off some energy. The fresh air will do them some good and you can make yourself a nice hot cuppa and have 5 minutes silence and regroup, ready for the afternoon.

[Daydream Believer]

Hugs hun
I hope they are better for you this afternoon

[Avasmum#1]

Your poor thing, for you and hoping your day gets better.

My mum is going through the same thing with my brothers who are 12 & 14, wont pick up after themselves, get a bit of an attitude happening, i don't know how she doesn't just give them a good old fashioned whack every now and then (i got it and it never hurt me).

I can't comment on the picking up as DD is only 10mths and i have perfected the art of baby slavery yet, hehe i wish i could she makes a hell of a mess but she is the same, perfect angel in public and when i say she has misbehaved etc people say oh no not Ava... hmmm gets me so frustrated, they think i am going NUTS.. finally DP saw it the other day and he knows i'm not exaggerating.

Well i hope the kids start behaving well for you today and congrats on being a very brave woman and having the patience for 5 kids, i am stopping at 2 i think.
Everyone has their horrible days, don't feel bad for it, disappear to your room for 10min and cry if you need to, let it out.
Let them starve until they pick-up after themselves, make it worse get something really YUMMY and eat it infront of them...

[Turkish Delight]

tell them that it'll all get thrown out if they don;'t tidy up.

Also, show that you mean it by putting some toys in the bin in their view and tie up the bag.

[Manhattan]

Oh big Anila. Celsie's idea sounds good to me, hope they are better for you this afternoon hun.

[kirsty_lee]

BIG to you babe! I think you are AMAZING! I was just looking at your kids ages and if it was me i'd be in the looney bin by now! my dd is more than a handful I couldn't imagine 4 more of her! You deserve a medal babe that's awesome! And Celsie's idea sounds like a good one to me too!

[Winter]

Close the door behind you, sit down with us BB girls and let them go... They know where the fridge is, they wont starve, but I reckon you could do with some time-out!

[Anila]

Thanks for the support everyone, im just so worn out and run down, things have calmed down a bit, he has even offered to sweep the floor and keep the baby legs that i bought him.

I yelled for a bit, but realativity stayed calm, lol.

[MamaPan]

welldone to you - i for one dont know how you do it...
hope the afternoon is better. xxx