Mothering Many

Dear kids,
When I announce that I am doing homework, this means several things.
1) Do not ask me for food every three minutes. I fed you before I started, and I will feed you when I am done, and you will not die of hunger in the intervening three hours. The frig dispenses water right from the door, so don’t ask me for a drink, either.
2) Do not play ninja. It gets me rattled.
3) Unless you sustain a new wound and it is bleeding profusely, please wait until I get up to pee to ask me to look at it. There are many of you, and so I have to pee every ten minutes. The wait will be short, I promise.
4) Do not ask me about social security disability. You are healthy and you are young, and you do not need it. Unless of course, you continue to violate rules one, two and three.

Love,
Mom