“BE. QUIET. Your brother is trying to sleep.”
“I’m gonna count to 3!”
“Roxa… err, Carst… Scarlette – whatever your name is!”
“When mommy and daddy are talking you need to listen.”
“Don’t stand on that.”
“Don’t touch that!”
“Give that back to your brother.”
“Don’t take things from your sister.”
“Do NOT put that in your underwear!”
“Stop whining!”
“What did you just say?”
“Scarlette Grace!”
“Carsten James!”
So seriously – when did it happen? Did you even notice? No one sat me down and offered me lessons or handed me a language guide for parenting. Let’s face it. Some things just roll off the tongue effortlessly when parenting children. All those times I swore as kid never to be like or sound like my parents were pointless. The “mother’s curse”, or rather “father’s curse” is coming true. Not only do I sound like my parents, I am starting to look like my dad – pretty scary stuff. Pray for me.
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