How am I supposed to explain to a soon to be 6 y.o. that birthdays and funerals don't go together. 5 has been describing in depth what kind of cake he wants...and all the friends he wants to invite. I'm planning on having M's parents, my mom & brother, and my Gramp over for dinner tomorrow. That's 5's actual birthday. The weekends on either side of the birthday got swallowed up in other things. I'm glad I hadn't sent out tons of invitations that I would have had to cancel. But, I feel like my job description as mom is supposed to include homemade frosting. Seriously, I know that I struggle with perfectionism...just why do all my faults have to stare me in the face at once. Why don't I learn that I don't have to be a SUPERMOM?!?!
Somehow, tomorrow will include a morning at MOPS and a family party in the evening. I think that I'll make a new rule...no school on your birthday. That should be easy enough to keep up with. At least as long as we homeschool. Now, if I can just breathe calmly.
For the LEGO moms...check this video out. M just sent me a link.
And there's been tons of knitting...but I haven't been taking pictures. Hopefully I'll be able to update during the week.
Oh, and yesterday, I caught 2 in her first lie. A deliberate lie. At 2! She found the bag of dried apricots on the counter, and claimed that the 3 she had been given were "Gone! In Nana's mouth." Too funny. I had to call my mom to be sure, but 2 had indeed been given apricots, and she had eaten them herself. We do monitor the number of dried apricots our kids consume...because if you didn't know...there's a relationship with number of apricots consumed and number of diapers changed. The last thing I need this week is yucky diapers.
4 comments:
Kristen...you don't have to be SuperMom. I said so. :-)
Keep doing what you can and it will all work out.
Not having school on one's birthday sounds like a great rule to me! And you are already a super mom whether you are SuperMom or not. :) (I've never met a real SuperMom.)
We drive ourselves crazy if we think about all the things we want to change about ourselves. I think we need to pick one thing and work on it a step at a time. Yesterday I decided that I would pick one thing (eating healthier). During Sunday School, our pastor said that drug addicts and alcoholics have to decide each day that they're not going to give in. So, the past two days I've chosen to eat right that day. I remind myself of that when I'm making food choices. It seems much more do-able for me to make small decisions instead of one giant one. So, don't be hard on yourself. You're a great person and God loves you no matter what faults you may have.
Okay... As a mom of 5 boys, I am hereby notifying you that homemade frosting was dropped from the SUPERMOM job description some time ago. Ya hear that? You are free!
Oh, and we never do school on birthdays... ever. And all of my children have survived academically in spite of the lost school time!
My kids have always assumed that they have no school on their birthdays. They imformed me of this at a wee age, and I figured, "hey, why not?"
Please don't be SuperMom! The rest of us will feel awful if you are! You must stop it for our sakes!
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