hahaha...I was just telling JR how badly I was feeling because of the things that I HAVEN'T done. When I imagine what a good mom should be, I usually imagine June Cleaver! Snacks after school. Doing fun things with them, picnics at the park...but I dont always have the energy for it all. Anyway, I was telling how I haven't taken the kids to the park, or to the movies, or done anything fun with them. He answered with this, "What did you do this morning?"
"I took them to the library for story time."
"And did they have fun?" He asked.
"Well, yeah, Logan loves it."
"See, you did something fun already and it isn't even noon. Think about it, you take Logan outside to play with the bubbles, the slip n slide, the sprinkler. We take them to the park every Thursday to play befor T-ball. You take them to the library, to the wild flower place. To that aquarium place (he means aquarina springs), you tried to take him to the movie last week, but the movie doesn't come out until this Friday - which are taking him to. You play legos with him. You do all kinds of fun things with the kids, and you have a lot more patience than I do."
Well, kick me in the butt - he's right! It just made me feel much better, because I guess I just get in these weird moods, and I feel like I dont do enough for them.
My sister will be moving out of my parents house soon - and I guess I was looking down my nose at her yesterday, and today it really got me thinking about the things I could improve on, when it comes to being a mom. So, I have given it some thought, and trust me I have a LIST but here are a few. Patience, my reactions to things when they dont go as planned - I tend to flip out a little and I have noticed the same bahavior with my kids when they dont get their way about something, learning to count to at least 5 might help me out so I can keep my composure! LOL Learning to let go of some of my control - this will probably be the hardest. Anyway - I just wanted write this down so that the next time I am having my doubts, I can come back and look! I am so glad the warm weather is here and the kids and I are getting out so much more! When I think about how much we have done already, it makes me feel FANTASTIC!
No comments:
Post a Comment