I try to be on time places, I real do. I pride myself on being pretty organized and can get around very efficiently…but my kids?? Ehhh, not so much. If there’s ever a reason I am running late- they are usually to blame. I have seen a bunch of posts like this and thought I’d make my own list of reasons why I am late. Here are ten of most common ones:
1. Someone cannot find their shoes.
2. Someone is taking too long carrying their 15 stuffed animals that just HAVE to go with us to the store.
3. Someone is ALREADY bored and is giving me 20 reasons why we shouldn’t go.
4. I can’t find my keys (honestly- this happens all of the time)
5. Someone has to go potty- no wait, now someone has to go poop.
6. Someone’s socks are too tight/itchy/stinky/pink and they have to change them.
7. Two kids are fist fighting with one another.
8. The dog is in my way.
9. Someone needed a band-aid, or three, IMMEDIATELY!!
10. Someone can’t find that stuffed dog that they hadn’t played with in 4 years and had been sold at a yard sale ages ago but they suddenly realized that they needed it.
And those are just some of the many, many, many, many, many, many, many reasons why I am running late.
What are your most popular ones??
When my youngest son was little (he’s 13 now), it would take anywhere from 15-30 minutes to actually walk out the door from the time I started trying to get us out. He was SLOW and pitched a lot of fits over nothing!!! Life is so much better now!!!
Ha! That sounds like my son- he is SO slow, it makes me crazy haha. Glad to know it improves 😉
Going to last minute toilet is so bad in our home that there is usually a queue outside it. I used to be five minutes late for everything. Now I am mostly right on time since I set my watch five minutes ahead.
Yes I think that is key! that way you think you are running late when you are actually right on time 😉
What is it with the kids and the socks?!?!?! I’m often late because I can’t find my phone.
Right?? My kids ALWAYS have issues with them- such a pain! LOL! Thanks for stopping by!
Okay, popular topic… especially with my older girl, before she went to college. Apparently she isn’t late anymore, but it was a daily thing when she lived here. And it drove me CRAZY! It basically boiled down to her believing that it was okay to be 5 minutes late. There was always a reason (straightening hair, finding homework, etc.), but it came down to her being comfortable with the lateness. As for me, I absolutely must put the keys in the dish the second I walk ink, or forget it.
We have a basket for the keys and usually they are there, but when I can’t fin them they are always in a weird place that I cannot remember putting them down in- like the freezer or the garage haha
Oh my gosh someone always has to go poop when its time to leave!! And yes I have had multiple break downs because of lost keys when we’re already running late haha!
Glad I am not the only one!! 🙂 LOL
These are hilarious. We are usually late because 1. I forgot something that’s always upstairs and 2. I can’t find my keys.
We’ve experienced missing out on plans because my keys were “lost” in my truck. Best part is I couldn’t remember how they got there!
Ha! that’s how I am with my keys! If I can’t find them it’s because I put them down in a place that’s so strange and I have zero memory of putting them there haha