We’re off on holiday tomorrow. Charlie is always a bit twitchy before any holiday, she likes a lot of time to pack.
On the 16th, I took all the children out for 8 hours so Charlie could pack and get ready. But she’s not ready. On the 17th it’s a Sunday and we had planned that Charlie would take the children out the church in the morning so I could have some time to get organised – it’s so much easier to clean the house when Charlie is not fussing.
Charlie changes her mind and does home church, before it even starts she is none-stop harassing the children, especially. Ollie over different little things. But she keeps barking different instructions until Ollie flips and just starts shouting at Charlie to leave him alone. During church, they do craft and make a big mess which they need to help clear up. I try to stay out the way, but now Charlie is on Sam’s case. It’s always quite hard to get Sam to help and you need to be simple and specific with her. Charlie isn’t she’s just shouting at Sam and getting more cross, I dare not intervene because I already know Charlie won’t back off. Charlie is very angry now, shouting and slamming doors. I wish she would just step back. Eventually Sam comes upstairs, I make her take 5 minutes time out, then we have a chat and she agrees to help clean. All is good, but Charlie is just so fussing it makes it hard for anyone around her to get things done. She doesn’t see the needs of the children.