Ok, so todays plan was to get up and out the house as early as possible to go to Drusillas (its a zoo/park place a few miles up the road).
Told ds1+2 to get dressed, and tidy their room and for Ds1 to go down stair and oick uo all the paper he'd left all over the floor ASAP without arguing, bickering and fighting.
As per usual the aruging etc was almost constant so I said one more chance and we're not going.
Finally they are all ready and their room is tidy(almost 1.5hrs later), just me left to get dressed. We come down stairs to get breakfast and the front room is a tip, paper still everywhere, cups left on the floor, telly and lights all on....basically nothing has been down down satirs so I said "Ok we're not going"
Dh agrees and says he's taking juts Ds3.
Ds1+2 moan and cry and whing and go on and on and on and on and on and on.
I know it's only a matter of time before Dh asks me if they can go.
Anyway, cutting out all the arguing me and Dh do about what lesson are they learning by him taking then when I've told them they can't go (Ie, if they moan for long enough DH will take us anyway).
He's taken all 3 because "It's hardly any fun just taking one of them"
No means no, doesn't it??
No stays meaning No regardless of how much they moan, doesn't it??
No doesn't change to yes if they constantly go on about wanting something....
I'm right aren't I??
I guarantee they@ll come home and dh will say one of them wasa nightmare, misbehaved constantly etc etc....I'll be dying to say "i told you so!" but I won't....hpefully it'll be a lesson learned for dh!