Reposting of Honesty Hurts

So this morning I got up earlier than usual in order to make sure the kids don’t wake my husband since he has had no sleep the past couple days. I would like to say I did this out of the goodness of my heart, but it was really just to avoid the grouchy beast he can be when he doesn’t get any rest. Anyway, I made the girls breakfast and sat to watch a cartoon with them while nursing the baby, and a hungry, hungry hippo commercial came on. My sweet and lovely five year old, turns to me in the middle of the commercial and says “they show the hippos butt every time they say hippo.” My six year old chimes in and says “Yeah, they have fat butts.” to which my five year old says “Their butts shake because they are Fat. Just like your butt shakes because you are fat,” while smiling sweetly at me. As if that weren’t bad enough the two girls then start discussing which diet or exercise infomercial I should order from in order to lose weight. They finally decided I should get the “leg magic” along with the Alli pills and some Proactive Solution because “you have lots of zits mommy and zits are ugly.”

Now in my own defense I am a size 10, and my skin is not perfect, but I can’t think of the last time I had issues with acne. Yes, I used to be about 15-20 pounds lighter, but I am not as fat as my kids say I am. So as punishment for hurting my feelings, I made them go and clean their room. To which they responded “I hate you. You are mean!” and I replied “Good,” while examining myself in the mirror trying to convince myself I really don’t look that bad.