A 2008 Fairytale

Once upon a time in the land of reality lived a mother. She resided in a beautiful home with her husband, her four beautiful daughters, one wonderful dog and a terrific cat!

One day the mother awoke to her screeching alarm, much to her displeasure. Rather than spread her distate for mornings on the others in her castle, she decided to put on her big girl panties and deal with it, all with a smile on her face.

The mother promptly went to awaken the oldest of the daughters so that she could begin her day as well. The mother was met with "I'm tired, I don't want to get up, blah blah blah". There might have been more but at this point the mother turned off her ears and decided to not let the oldest daughters distate for mornings ruin her day.

The mother then went to awaken the remaining 3 daughters. She was met with a round of "Good morning mommy" from the little joys and it brought a smile to her face. That smile was promptly crushed when the little not so joys at this very moment decided to start bickering over who would be released from their sleeping vessel (aka - cribs) first.

After changing and diapering all the joys the mother checked on the oldest to discover she was still not dressed. After some minor fussing, the mother put her happy face back on forging ahead with the plans for a wonderful day.

After more grumbling and grumping the eldest daughter was taken to school. After dropping her off the mother decided some yummy, warm, frosted cinnamon bites from McDonald's were in order for the young ones. 1-because they are yummy, 2-she doesn't have to worry about what to fix for breakfast. While enroute to said McD's one of the "joys" (Alexis) decided she would throw the book that she brought along for the car ride into the back cargo area of the van and then proceed to yell about it being back there. Upon arriving at their destination the mother retrieved the book because if not she was going to go slightly insane. After returning home and getting breakfast out Alexis became enraged that Morgan moved her chair ever so slightly and began to act in an unbecoming manner so she was promptly removed from the table and placed in her crib so she could calm down.

Throughout the course of the morning the mother attempted to do some laundry, make some beds, empty the dishwasher etc. around her castle. This took a long time because the young girls of the castle were fighting, pushing, pulling, biting, crying, screaming, yelling and getting into things they know they shouldn't. It seemed not many of the chores were accomplished and looking around the beautiful castle, it looked more like a land mine had exploded in a toy store.

At 1:00 the mother decided that it was DEFINITELY time for lunch, which would be promptly followed by naps!

As the mother tucked the littles into bed she heard them yelling "stop looking at me", "be quiet", "nooooooooooooooooooo", "no looky at me", "sssscccccccccrrrrreeeeeaaaaaaaammmmmmm!"

It was at this time the mother decided it was time for her lunch. While she enjoyed her bowl of fat free sherbet she dreamed it was a big bowl of vanilla ice cream with brownie chunks, caramel topping, whipped cream and nuts. LOTS of nuts, because that described her current state of mind.

The dream was interrupted by a voice over the monitor...."Mommy, I poopied".

**SIGH**

THE END