I forgot how to mom!

Well guys it has been awhile.... Buying a house and taking care of 2 to 3 kids can always make time pass really fast!I thought today (since it’s a snow day) would be perfect for little funny stories. Have you had moments while being a parent where you thought to yourself “What was I doing?” I call this…. “I forgot how to mom.”

As I have mentioned before I have twins. Laundry is always fun at my house. Since I have a boy and a girl organizing jeans can sometimes get tricky. One lovely morning I am running behind and I’m trying to set out the kid’s clothes. I set them out in each of their rooms and wake them up. My son is complaining that he doesn’t like how his jeans are fitting and I tell him they will be fine for the day and that we need to get going. When I pick him up from day care I ask him why he had those jeans on. (Thinking he had an accident and had to change) He says, “Mom you set these out for me this morning.” When we get home I start looking around and trying to figure out what I had done that morning to make me thing that my daughter’s skinny jeans would be okay for my son to wear to school. I’m sure he was the talk amongst the teachers that day.

Some days you are so focused on getting to work, school, soccer, dance, etc. that you forget to really pay attention. When I was younger my mom would always so “look with your eyes and your hands.” Now that I’m older I have to remind myself that I still need to do that. Believe me next time my son tells me he doesn’t like how his pants fit I will be looking and figuring out why he doesn’t like them.

For my last story today I am going to bring up Pinterest. I’m sure a lot of us have tried a DIY idea you found on Pinterest.  With that being said I bet most of those great ideas we failed on. My kids love to look over my shoulder and look at everything I’m looking at on my phone. One day my daughter sees these cupcakes she just had to have. Many people, who know me, know that I love cupcakes and I’m always up for a good challenge especially if it involves baking. I tell her that we can bake the cupcakes and we go on our exciting journey. In no time I had all the ingredients mixed together and the batter in their holders. We let them cook for the time recommended and get them out of the oven. The cupcakes looked like they were water from the swamp. What?? How did this happen? I re-looked at the recipe and make sure I did everything correctly and I couldn’t figure out what I did wrong. Miss A was not happy about the swamp desert so we had ice cream instead. Later that night when I was looking through the blog where we had found the recipe I noticed there was a lot of comments. I started reading them and they were funnier than the swamp mess that Miss A and I had made. Glad I wasn’t the only one who failed at those darn cupcakes.

Most days I just have to sit back, laugh at myself, and thank God for everything good in my life. Things don’t always go as planned but there is always something good we can get out of it. That look my son gave me when I told him he was wearing his sister’s jeans will always be in the back of my mind giving me a good laugh. My daughter and I will always have that memory of us baking together even if they didn’t turn out. Failing isn’t always a bad thing. I mean who wants to be perfect any way? Next time when you “forget how to mom” find something good in the situation. It’s okay to laugh at yourself!