Be Specific

So there is so much to being a mom that no one tells you.

Let's say you have two boys who share clothes.

And just for example's sake, let's say you tell one son, "Don't wear those shorts to homeschool co-op today. They are a mess."

And then that boy does as he is told and takes the shorts off but doesn't put them in the dirty clothes. He throws them somewhere in his room.

Second boy comes along. He sees a pair of shorts. He puts them on. But it's a bit cold. So he puts on a pair of sweatpants over them.

Then he gets to co-op, and he takes your PE class. He gets hot. He takes off his sweatpants only for you to discover, dude you are wearing the shorts I told your brother not to wear!

(Okay, maybe I actually didn't notice until like 3 hours later. Let's keep it real here.)

When you ask to take a picture of them, he realizes you are going to tell people about this so you promise to leave his face out and not name him, but you laugh and say, "I told you guys not to wear those shorts."

And he says, "You never told me not to wear them."