3.) Write a poem that about a time you felt betrayed.
My daughters have recently declared their preference for my mother’s house over our house. At first I was all, “if you love her so much why don’t you marry her?”, but the true betrayal came when they raved about her cooking. After all those grilled sandwiches I’ve made for you, you have the gall to proclaim your love for another woman’s cooking over MINE!?!
So I dedicate this adaptation of Cee Lo’s Forget You to my children and mother:
You told me Grandma’s house was the one you love,
And I’m like forget you.
I guess my early bedtimes just wasn’t enough,
I’m like forget you and forget her too.
Said, if I were nicer you wouldn’t choose,
Now ain’t that some shhh…
And although there’s pain in my chest,
I still wish you the best with a forget you!
Yeah I’m sorry, I can’t make Gradma’s spaghetti,
But that don’t mean that I don’t care.
I guess she’s a noodle and I’m calamari,
But the way you clean your plate ain’t fair.
You told me Grandma’s house was the one you love,
And I’m like forget you.
I guess my early bedtimes just wasn’t enough,
I’m like forget you and forget her too.
Said, if I were nicer you wouldn’t choose,
Now ain’t that some shhh…
And although there’s pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a forget you!
That’ll teach’em.
Now it’s your turn!
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1.) If celebrities blogged like mom bloggers blog, revealing inner thoughts, family stories and personal photos…which celeb would you love to follow and why?
2.) A couple weeks ago we talked about the 7 best things about being an adult…this week list the 7 WORST things about being an adult.
3.) Write a poem that about a time you felt betrayed.
4.) Fill in the blanks of this template and create your own I Am poem. (ps this is a fun activity for bored kids as well. :)
5.) Time to get crafty! Share something you’ve been working on.
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HA! Love it. My son loves his grandma’s cooking too. He’ll eat anything she makes for him. Ergh. It used to make me so mad. But I finally realized that I could take advantage of her to get him to actually eat something. I’ll give her assignments like “This trip, get him to eat broccoli!” and she totally goes after it.
My mother-in-law is a superb cook. I just can’t compete.
So the long-term plan is to win them over with dessert. Er, low fat of course.
HAHAHA! Love it!
The kids can usually get away with more at Grandma’s house.
You didn’t know that?
Hee hee!
This reminded me of when mine was small and told hubby just how much he loved our neighbors macaroni & cheese. Hubby was deeply offended because he makes his from scratch.
You are a hoot! The Girl would choose my mom’s house over me hand’s down, but The Boy is a homebody like his Mamma!
You clever clever girl! I love the Cielo Green spin. I totally sang the whole thing!
I am sure if my grandkids could visit me often, they would prefer my cooking. I do the grandma thing and when I have them over they get cookies.
Awesome – you tell ‘em! Go mom.
Mama Cee Lo. Love.
And for the record?
I’d take calamari over noodles ANY day. xo
My kids sorta hate Mimi’s cooking. #3 downright refuses to stay over unless I pack him food to take with him. She makes green beans and peas and brussel sprouts. Clearly I need to cook more healthy stuff.
I am laughing SO hard right now b/c Z LOVES Brussels sprouts (as do I). In fact, he loves raw broccoli and almost anything green, most recently avocado (which he refuses to call avocado. It’s soft green. Um, OK). And I’m imagining your mom’s face at him not eating her food: little boy please.
My parents always lived near us. Grandparents are the greatest gift!
I Am, I Said
Love it… my daughter is so fickle… she will tell me she loves me and that I am the best ever but if she sees her grandma I disappear. But grandma gets what’s coming when papa come in the room she disappears too.
too funny. :)
LOL, Love it!
Whatever! Let them go and then they can just visit you to do fun things and then when they are tired and naughty you can just send them back to Grandma.
This really is a brilliant idea you know.
Your version of “Forget You” is hilarious, Calamari. It’s great that they love going to their grandmother’s house. My boys are not so fond of staying at my MIL’s…
OK the noodle/calamari made me burst out laughing and just so you know YES, YES, I did actually read it as the song. Ooh ooh ooh.
Kids. Mine are the same way, but they didn’t grow up with that woman and they have NO idea what she’s capable of. I hope it comes back to bite them in the butt… lol
Kids are so funny that way. I can only hope my grandchildren feel that way about me.
No competing with my mother. She cooks circles around me. Kids love her best :P
Oh, my gosh! You make me laugh so hard. Thank you for that.
Something to keep in mind–someday you’ll be the grandma AND revenge is sweet! kaye—the road goes ever ever on
My kids are the same way. We get no respect.
I think #13 in the linky list was the best this week
Bahaha…too, too funny! My husband is about to be banned from complaining about my cooking to other people…maybe I’ll do my own rendition of “Forget You” to help him understand my feelings! ;)
Mine definitely prefer Grandma’s house. B/c there are no rules there.
Love it! Even I liked it better at Grandma’s house!
Sigh. I’m in the same boat as you. Love the song. I should sing it to my kids. Or…you could vlog yourself singing it and then I can just show it to them. What? It’s your song, you sing it! ;)
I love it and I know your pain! It also doesnt help here that granny and papa live like a 15 min. walk up the road! ;/
Hilarious. I guess I have a cramp in my imagination. Oh, no, I guess prompt #2 is just made for mom’s of 15 year olds.
My youngest daughter tells me when she grows up she is going to live with her grandmother AND take all her stuffed animals with her. I’ve already warned my mom so she can start preparing for an adult live-in who hoards stuffed toys.
There is just something magical about how grandparents are viewed through children’s eyes, isn’t there?
Hold tight. You’ll get your revenge. When *they* are the parent and *you* are the Grandma! :)
Ha – I get this, but not about my mom’s cooking (hells no!) but about the SCHOOL COOK.
“Mom, your turkey isn’t as nice as Karen’s”. “Gee mom, this is almost as good as Karen’s”.
While i should be greatful that we (1) actually have a school cook who prepares everything from scratch and not from food service and (2) that they are eating really healthy at school, the inner 7 year old says “So why don’t you go LIVE with Karen???”
*sighs*
Love your song!
This is very funny! I stumbled upon your blog and really enjoy it. Your are hilarious! Thanks for the inspiration today!
I think an audio is in order….
Granny’s rock but I love your song
What is it with these kids? I don’t remember thinking my mom could cook that well…did grandma-hood give her magical powers or something? :)
Love this, I’m sure some day my son will prefer my parents house to mine with my early bedtimes. lol
Ha! I have no words. But can we make one of those nifty canvas posters of this for my kitchen wall? Please?
I love it. I wish I had more memories of my grandmother. I don’t even have her recipes!
Ha! That’s totally awesome. Much better than the original. ;)
Haha!! Awesome! I remember when we went to a restaurant with my kids once and my daughter yelled, “These meatballs are better than yours, Mom!” I AM ITALIAN AND NO, THEY MOST DEFINITELY WERE NOT! Needless to say, she only made that mistake once!
That song is hilarious! Nicely done. I might sing it to my kids because they always tell me that they like my mom’s cooking better than mine. Well, guess what…so do I but we are all stuck with mine. :)