fairfarmhand Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Chew with your mouth closed" "If you'd just do your work, it wouldn't take so long!" "No whining!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoLuRu Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Take a deep breath." "Watch the attitude." "That tone is not acceptable." "Use your words." I have a kid with an anger problem. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "If you're the only one laughing, it's not funny." "Are you paying attention?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Close the door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Where is your pencil?" "Start a sentence with a capital letter" "Quit tormenting your sister" "Get buckled" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey Mom Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Is your room clean?" "Did you brush your teeth?" "Leave your brother alone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Stop pulling my hair. Don't put your fingers in my nose. Don't put your fingers in my mouth. Those were for dd 11 months. No, you can't watch TV. Please eat SOMETHING! For ds 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Enough. Pull it together." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Any declaration beginning with "Why...," as in, "Why is there a wet sock on the kitchen counter?" "Why am I the only person who knows how to hang up a towel?" "Why are there still Legos all over the floor?" And so on. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakereese Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Leave your brother alone! Finish your lunch (dinner)! UGH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomToJazmyne Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Pick up your toys off the floor." "Keep your fingers out of your nose!" "Put shoes on BEFORE you go outside!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Don't put that in your mouth. I'm your mother, not a sheep. Please don't bleat. Please put that book down and... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Potty time!" "We can go right back after you...(go potty, wash hands, blow nose, etc.)" "Can you ask me again without crying/whining?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryE Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Go turn off those lights. Did you brush your teeth? Today? Watch your attitude, please. Don't let the cat out. Oops.... Please go get the cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "You're going to have to put on pants if you want to come downstairs." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeachingTwins Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I made a sign to save my voice that says "Start a sentence with a capital letter. End it with a punctuation mark!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Stop fighting! Put that book down and look at me, please. Repeat back to me what I just said, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Whose socks are these on the dining room/sitting room/kitchen/hallway floor? Will you please pick them up and put them in the wash basket!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Pay attention Don't let the cat out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Finger OUT of your mouth!" "You can still be happy without being so loud!" "Say 'excuse me' when you make the stink, not after I smell it!" "There are enough ______ toys for both of you!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Leave. The cat. Alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "It isn't the end of the world." Or its cousins, "No one will die" and "How much will this matter a week from now?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Leave the cat alone" (I really thought the novelty of the cat would've worn off now that she's been here for nearly a year, but no such luck) "What should you be doing?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Get off the computer and put on your freaking shoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Think it through!!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Leave your brother/sister be. Show your work. Scrap paper is not the enemy. It is your friend. You could have been halfway through with that if you had just started rather then whining/complaining at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiller Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Put a coat on!" "Take Shiloh out." (our dog) "Did you make your bed? Clean your room?" "Have you brushed your teeth?" (this was said more when they were younger) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Did you hear what I just said? Patience and persistence! Don't let the cat do that! Back up and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Leave your sister alone. It doesn't sound like you are working on your school work to me! Don't hit your brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Did you brush your teeth today?" Yeesh - you'd think that, at their age, they would finally get that it is not optional. "How's the morning list going?" (as in morning chores.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Close the door! :iagree: And "Stop moving" or any variant thereof. I have discovered I'm a visual learner and that any wiggling or movement that I can see out of the corner of my eye, when I'm trying to concentrate (like when reading out loud or even during Divine Liturgy at church) drives me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Just a minute, I'm only one woman." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Where are your clothes? Have you lost your marbles? Why am I the only one who can replace the toilet paper? Boogers are not for eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Use units!" (I'm a chemistry tutor.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy to monkeys Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I told you to put it AWAY; NOT to put it from ONE place it doesn't go to ANOTHER place it doesn't go. Keep your hands to yourself. Just because you didn't hear me, doesn't mean I didn't say it. I love you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Where Are All The Scissors!!!? Where is the blue painter's tape? Everyone be silent for 2 minutes, PLEEEEEEASE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Attention to Detail!" "Pay attention" "Clean up what you mess up!" "If it's not funny for everyone, it's not funny for anyone." "Be kind." "Rewind (when something snotty has come out) and try again." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 "Glasses?" (Glasses Rule: On your face or in the case.) "Pants Rule." (Pants Rule: If you're not in your own bedroom, you must have something over your underwear.) "Be nice." (Yelled from one floor to another, my general "I-don't-know-why-you-are-shouting-at-each-other-but-it's-sounding-like-it-could-become-problematic-soon" response.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Brush your teeth! :ack2: Change your underwear! :ack2: Where are your glasses? (both have glasses) Are there clothes laying on your floor? Get off the computer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 To dd5 who throws huge tantrums "your body is talking right now, not your brain. I don't understand that language. I need your brain to talk to me. " Oddly enough, it works with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIE! Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 "No more 'what ifs'" ds will go on for hours asking "what if" questions. Mostly about bad guys, trying to get me to answer that he will have to become a super hero and save us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Stop talking Focus and finish Stop talking STOP TALKING!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) "Did you hear me?" "What did I just say?" "Did you brush your teeth yet?" "Have you washed your hands?" "Just focus and you will be done soon" "The legs of the chair belong ON the floor, not in the air!" "Are you speaking kindly to your brother?" Edited September 25, 2012 by jenL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Put on your seatbelt. Put on your belt FIRST. STOP TALKING/PLAYING and put on your DANG seatbelt!! BELLLLLLT!!! Don't make me crazy. I'm already crazy. Don't you think I'm crazy enough?? We're running late. What part of "hurry up" do you not understand?? Cooperate. Just do what I said. NOW. NOBODY AROUND HERE IS LISTENING TO THEIR MOTHER!!!! I wouldn't have to yell if you would listen when I talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestar Academy Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 did you brush your teeth? get out of the bathroom!! stop talking to each other. (they are very snarky) I love you. i hate ballet. ( we are there 5 days a freakin' week) robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyable Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 "Sit down and buckle up." "Would you two stop arguing?!?" "You don't have to say every little thought that comes into your head." (x5) "You don't have to say hi every time we pass in the fishbowl." (This is from a comic strip ... said to my oldest who likes to say hi every time we pass in our small open house) "I can't read your mind, you have to let me in on the conversation you were having with me in your head from the beginning, not the middle." "Be nice!" and its cousin "Leave him alone!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 "Do your work." Seriously, this or any variation. I'd be a billionaire. :glare: Oh yeah, how could I forget, "STOP TALKING!" Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Focus Pay attention Where's your brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Put in your retainer. Use things for what they're made for. Eating snot is not attractive. Because knowledge is better than ignorance. The cat is not lonely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 "Jumping on your brother is not allowed" "Samson, where are you?" "Did anyone get hurt?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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