when mommy says....mommy means this.....

Just recently it has came to my attention that i seriously need to sit down with all my dear children and have a little talk with them. Some how they have not learned yet just through it experiences, some of Mommy's way of saying what she means. I am gonna have to explain to them that when mommy says a certain thing, she actually means something else. I know that may seem kind of confusing , but really it's not, once you learn the language! ( my oldest son has pretty much got it down pat now, it's just my younger ones) Here's what i am going to tell them at our little meeting. When mommy walks out the door and sees the bucket of cat food spilled on it's side, and says, " oh man, who spilled the cat food?" _ she means if you did it or not, it needs cleaned up now! When mommy ask, " you haven't done your dishes yet, Clayton?" _ she means it is high time they are done!" When mommy says, " on no, Anna is eating a crayon!" _ she mean someone hurry and get that crayon out of her mouth. When mommy walks in to the bathroom and exclaims in a loud and not so happy tone, "what are all these muddy foot prints on the floor?" _ she means clean up these foot prints right now, regardless of who did it. When mommy walks in the kids room and says, "oh man, what a mess in here!" _ it means you had better start cleaning up. When mommy asks, "who all hasn't brushed their teeth yet?" _She means those who haven't need to do it now. When mommy says, "I am sooo thirsty." _ Some one better get her some water and in a hurry to boot! When mommy gets in the van to go somewhere ( and in a rush like usually) and announces, "oh, i have no more water bottles in here!" _ She means some better run get a bottle of water. Or when mommy jumps in the van and says, "oh no we don't have Anna's pacifier or blanket!" _ She means, "some one, run get it, and hurry, we are late!!" When mommy finally gets the meal done and finally gets to sit down at the table, and looks around to see that no one has any cups. And she says, "wheres every one's cup?" _ that means she is asking for a volunteer to get up and get them. When mommy says, "oh no, look at Anna's dirty face!" _ she expects some one to get a rag and wipe her face. When mommy announces, "Gosh is it ever hot in here." _ it means someone needs to open some windows. ( that's in the winter time when the wood heater is working a little to good!:) When mommy says, " look at all these toys all over the floor!" _ she means it is time they were picked up. When Clayton gets out of bed,( when the rest of us are already sitting down eating), and goes to stand by the wood heater, and mommy says, "The food is over here." _ that means it is time to come sit at the table and and eat, your running late. Maybe it is to much to expect them to learn the secret code. But i think they could with some good training and my little meeting! :) They all know the 2 really good when mommy is getting in the van. Now we just got to work on the rest!! Let me know if you use this kind of code at your home too. Surely i am not the only one! In Him, Mae