Just cause

OK, just need a reality check -

We are at the park - why is there always one mom who is a door mat for their child and make the rest of us suffer for it? I don't get it.

I am standing by the slide with my 15 month old peanut perched precariously on the top (the slide is about three feet long) trying to push himself down. He loves to get himself started, he thinks it is the funniest thing. Anyway, while the peanut is at the top of the baby slide this child, who I will refer to as 'the door', runs to the slide and starts climbing up from the bottom. Kenny is still trying to push him self down - its hard to get started with a full diaper - and this child is climbing up towards him. I step in and tell the 'door' that she needs to back down or my child will end up hurting her because he is coming down the right way. Peanut has now succeeded in starting to slide and 'the door' is still climbing. I now have two options - get to the Peanut and stop him while allowing this obnoxious child to continue to climb or let Peanut bash into her, probably sending her backwards down the slide on to the dirt spot in the mulch at the end of the slide. Turns out I didn't have a chance - the 'door' grabbed Peanut by the feet in order to help herself climb up the slide - Peanut, being on the downward slide, was no help in her quest so they both went flying down the slide. Peanut ended up laying down on the slide with his feet hanging over the edge and kicked the girl in the face - he thought it was very funny. The 'door' proceeded to start screaming bloody murder and saying that my Peanut kicked her and wouldn't let her use the slide.

Enter the 'mat'. Ms. Mat, who was standing five feet away from the slide watching the whole thing take place walked over to the 'door' and picked her up and proceeded to tell her that the little boy was rude for hurting her and that his mommy would punish him for being so mean. Enter Momzilla (me). I picked up Peanut and told the little girl that she needs to use the ladder to the slide and not go up the wrong way - I told Ms. Mat that she needs to remind her daughter to wait her turn and not be a nasty child for telling lies when we all watched what she did. Ms. Mat told me that her daughter was on the slide first (weren't you little 'door', sweety) and that the mean boy needs to be taught how to be a big boy. I told her that until she taught her daughter how to use the playgroup correctly that she should keep her home so more children don't get hurt. I told her that the police don't like it when they have to be called because an out-of-control child is running amok on the play ground with the parent watching.

Enter Mr. perfect weekend father - Mr. pwf comes over and tells Ms. Mat that his son has had several run ins with the 'door' and that it was time to teach her how to play with children correctly and use her manners. With this the 'door' kicks Ms. Mat so she is let down from her arms and runs off directly towards the geese nest. There is a sign warning people to beware of the geese due to the nest in the area - they get pretty mean. Mr. pwf tells Ms. Mat that she may want to get her child before the geese get her. We all turn around to see 'door' standing in the middle of a group of geese who are hissing. Ms. Mat takes off running to save the 'door' and Mr. pwf thanks me for doing something he has wanted to do for weeks and I take my peanut and Chiclets to get some ice cream.

What's up with that?? (not the ice cream part, you know what I mean)