No look!

May 30, 2007 · 6 comments

I don’t have the mom look.  You know, the one your mom gave you and you stopped what you were doing immediately and probably ran for your life?!  My kids aren’t scared of me.  At ALL.  Now, I know, things are different from when we were kids – hell, my butt still stings from the wooden spoon 25 years ago!  :lol:     – spanking is taboo, yelling is wrong, blah blah blah.  But even without those things, moms through the ages have had the look.
I don’t.

I’ve been practicing.

Preston laughs harder.

Matt ignores me.

Do you know how hard it is to not giggle along with img_7741.jpg this goofy kid staring back at you?!?  And he’s so damn proud of himself learning to get on the couch from the coffee table via his little tractor – and I’m impressed with his mad skillz, but he’s not supposed to do that!  So I tried the look.  He laughed harder, sprinted away from me and started all over again.  🙂

I guess I’ll keep trying.

Maybe instead of the look I can have a mama-cough.  Or snap my fingers. Or have a certain word.

Yeah, right.  I guess I should have made them afraid of me years ago!

I got nuthin.

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<![CDATA[jen]]&gt May 30, 2007 at 4:01 pm

i don\'t have it either. i try, and then i start laughing. and worse yet, i fear i am becoming the empty threat girl. that sure goes nowhere, too.

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May 30, 2007 at 11:01 pm

i don’t have it either. i try, and then i start laughing. and worse yet, i fear i am becoming the empty threat girl.

that sure goes nowhere, too.

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<![CDATA[pgoodnes May 31, 2007 at 1:56 am

I am the Princess of empty threats! I even threaten to spank, but I never will and Matt repeats it to me ALL THE TIME. Must have something to do with me laughing at the same time…

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May 31, 2007 at 8:56 am

I am the Princess of empty threats! I even threaten to spank, but I never will and Matt repeats it to me ALL THE TIME. Must have something to do with me laughing at the same time…

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<![CDATA[Shine]]& May 31, 2007 at 4:00 pm

The look is genetic in my family. ALL the women have what is known as the Ciupek scowl (pronounced Chew-peck) and use it regularly on their kids. It renders them immobile and helpless long enough to recognize that if they do whatever they just did again, they won\'t live long enough to do it a third time. However, the scowl is mostly ineffective on those kids still enjoying \"terrible twos\" and the \"grab your kid like a sack of potatoes and move them somewhere else\" technique must be employed. Boy, when did I get to be such a tough mom?? Damn, my kids are sure going to need some therapy!!

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May 31, 2007 at 11:00 pm

The look is genetic in my family. ALL the women have what is known as the Ciupek scowl (pronounced Chew-peck) and use it regularly on their kids.

It renders them immobile and helpless long enough to recognize that if they do whatever they just did again, they won’t live long enough to do it a third time.

However, the scowl is mostly ineffective on those kids still enjoying “terrible twos” and the “grab your kid like a sack of potatoes and move them somewhere else” technique must be employed.

Boy, when did I get to be such a tough mom?? Damn, my kids are sure going to need some therapy!!

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