Easter bribery!

My kids have been horrors the last couple of days.

The 8 year old cannot help herself rolling her eyes and back chatting me ALL. THE. TIME. Really. I have come close to washing her mouth out, binning (read eating) her eggs and locking her in her room until she is 21.

The 5 year old is so crazy he forgets other people exist. She runs and jumps on people, shouts, jumps on my furniture and has developed at selective deafness which only applies to my voice.

I've had enough. It was close to selling them on ebay. My parenting has generally been sensitive, emotionally responsive, gentle, no bribery {never worked with daughter} etc.

Never threaten father Christmas or the easter bunny won't come because they are bad. No never. Bad choices, not bad people.

Well the Easter bunny was pushed to her limit yesterday so the eggs were hidden. The clues were chores which enabled the easter bunny to stay in bed on twitter and Facebook in the absence of adequate sedation. 

The Easter bunny required both children to get dressed, tidy dirty washing, feed the pets, feed mummy, eat fruit, write cards of love and Easter cheer to our neighbours etc.

Feeling like a wonderful mother I got up to see the carnage. Aware now that perhaps I hadn't gained a lot really. I comprised my parenting morals and the 5 year old is now sugar filled and ready to show me up at another family gathering.

At least they ate an apple.