These Perfect Children…are MINE!?
June 24, 2008 > No Comments
O.K. I’ve just got to ask…Am I the only parent with perfect children!? It seems everywhere we go people are telling me how well behaved our children are.
Tonight as we were walking into a small, local Italian resteraunt I felt the glares from the waitresses. I could sense they thought we belonged down at the McDonald’s playground or better yet, the zoo. But I sweetly ordered and dared the children to move. I ordered water and waited for one of them to complain but surprisingly they didn’t, perhaps they were oblivious to the conversation, more intent on figuring out how the twisty pepper dispenser thingy worked.
After telling the Bubbas to sit on their bottom and scoot their chair in for the 10th time and settling Baby Girl back into her high chair for the 100th I noticed the staff getting friendlier. Perhaps they felt sorry for me with such untrained children. We traded smiles and then I realized there were other people looking at our table. More sympathizers…
I got up to pay while Dearest ran the twins to the bathroom. While paying, one of the staff asked if we homeschool.
“Yes,” I replied.
She looked at her fellow waitress and said, “See, I told you so.”
“You have such well-behaved, mannerly children!”
“Well, thank you.” I said.
“We dread seeing children come in here. They tear the place up, leave a mess, are loud, and unmannerly. But your children are just SO well-behaved. We appreciate that you’ve trained your children.” Lots of smiles…
Again, “Thank you, we try”…clearing my throat…
I go back to the table and wonder if I should send reinforcements into the bathroom with Dear Hubby as they sure are taking a long time.
Again I notice one customer in particular “glaring” at us. She was elderly and appeared rich. I thought, “She’s thinking we do not belong here too…”
I get a to-go box and pack up Dearest’s meal.
The boys finally emerge from the bathroom. Off we go out the door.
The aforementioned rich lady stops me and says through big smiles “You have such a beautiful family. The children are so well behaved”
“Thank you, the Lord has truly blessed us.”
As we approach the van the children begin to argue at who gets to sit in the middle seat beside Baby-Girl.
I roll my eyes…”Oh, if they could only go home with us.” 
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June 24th, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
Right on! It’s so funny how that works. I am always edgy about going into public with my little darlings, because they can get a little unruly. But just when I think they are getting a little out of line and behaving a little badly and I want to crawl under the table…someone tells me how wonderful they act! My immediate reaction is to look around and see who they’re talking to. But I am thankful that, even though they’re heathens at home, they manage to behave fairly well in public.
June 27th, 2008 @ 12:34 am
Oh my goodness! This is soooo our family!! Sometimes I wonder is everyone is blind in one eye and can’t see out of the other when I’m told how good my kids are!