My children made me cry

So the other day I worked from home for a bit in the morning.

I left the study door open otherwise they just bang on it anyway.

Connor came in and I shouted to V to please come play with him because I was working (I really was working, not blog stuff).

So V comes in and says, "come Connor, Mummy's busy".

And do you know what Connor said?

"Mummy too busy"

Yip, I died inside.

I flew out of that chair, got down on his level, hugged him and said, "No, baby, Mummy's never too busy for you, okay?"

Of course I was mortified but it has stayed with me since.

The next day Kendra needed a nappy change so I said, "come baby, let's go change your nappy".

She said, "no, Daddy change nappy" (she ignores everyone when D is home - I've said before the sun rises and sets with him :)).

D was otherwise occupied so he said, "let Mummy change your nappy".

Do you know what she said?

Yes, you guessed it.

"Mummy too busy"



Okay, this time I cried.


There I said it - I'm not hardcore and this hurt me terribly.


D was a star and tried to do damage control - "Kendra, Mummy said she'll change your nappy so she's not busy".


These kids!


I don't know where they get this "too busy" stuff - we never say that because I don't do anything while they're awake anyway. Could it be V?


Sometimes we do things together - if I have to make a list or something, I give the child a clipboard and we all write.


So now I'm super aware of being available to them at all times, even more so than I was before.


Have your children made you cry before? What did they say or do?