It's been way too long again... Transitioning into a "school age" mom has been interesting and not as inspiring. Whole lotta packing lunches and backpacks and driving kids around. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Just using that saying, just so you know, there was not a lot of wash, rinse, and repeat happening for my hair! Ain't nobody got time for that before school!!
While the school year may not be so blog worthy, I'm discovering that summer with kids who have become used to routine and constant learning/activities is blog worthy. The other day, I did a bad thing. I didn't really do it on purpose, but each post looked like we were having a fabulous, fun-filled day instead of a hot mess of a day that was making me lose my sh...... umm poop
How My Day looked on Social Media:
Super Fun mom makes cool cotton ball play dough
Easy Breezy trip to the bank
Peace at the playground
Having a Splashing good time in the pool
Reality:
A battle had begun even before the breakfast crumbs were spilled
WILL YOU GUYS STOP FIGHTING!
*makes play dough*
I WILL THROW IT OUT IF YOU DON'T START TALKING NICELY TO EACH OTHER
20 minutes of fun playing with it while Sydney gives me a guilt trip for being on my phone
I bake brownies for a picnic this weekend and Nathan performs surgery on a dolphin toy, spilling sand in the bathroom sink and counter
I give up on being productive and ask them what they want to do (after Nathan's LOOONNNGG time out)
Someone's hat craft gets pulled apart before we leave the parking lot to get to the bank
Nathan puts on the charm and secures lollipops at the bank drive thru
A few minutes of sanity at the park
Come home to pack lunch
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IT'S TIME TO GO! BE NICE TO EACH OTHER! WHERE IS YOUR LUNCH BOX? I JUST TOLD YOU TO BRING IT!
Unlock the door so someone can get the lunchbox I handed to them 30 seconds before
Get to the pool
I'm going down the slide first! No, I am! No, I am! Stop! You're being mean!
BOTH OF YOU STOP! You need to be kind to each other and take turns or we will not swim
Please don't splash mommy until she gets used to water
Can mommy have a little space?
Nathan climbs into my inner tube looks like an overgrown ninja turtle loving leech sealed to my back
Okay, let's go. Mommy is done
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| the worst part is that the kids did not even notice the crazy hair! | They are used to it |
I had actually woken up with great plans for myself. I was gonna be soooo productive! We've had playdates, swimdates, a trip to the zoo, a 3 day long blanket fort fest, and VBS this past week. Surely, today would be the perfect chill day. Nothing scheduled except for making cotton ball play dough because they were super excited about this cool new activity book they got. I figured that we would make it and I would get my Beachbody work done on the computer while they played. As you can see, that was not how things played out!
I don't think I was intentionally trying to deceive anyone and I think that most of us are in the same boat. Sometimes I post something funny about the situation because if you don't laugh, you'll cry or hide in the closet eating nasty cotton candy flavored ice cream the kids convinced you to buy for a treat ( I don't know what happened! Just so out of practice with shopping with two kids! I just.....) Other times the activity was so much freaking work that you want your efforts out there FOREVER! Don't we warn teens that once you post something on social media, it never goes away?? If I'm doing a pinterest craft, I want the people 100 years in the future to be impressed because that crap is too much everything.... prep,effort,clean up,blood, sweat, and tears! Or sometimes I post because I'm lonely or am desperate for some social interaction that is not poop related or some random, ridiculous question or the good old classic, Why? But Why? Well, how come? Why? How? Why don't you know?
I'm not saying that every day is really a night mare (that day at the zoo was AWESOME!) or that you can't share your great days (PLEASE POST AND GIVE ME IDEAS! Why did I think I was creative enough for Funday fridays????) I'm just trying to check myself and make sure I don't gloss over all the bad all the time (same goes for sharing all the bad all the time) I want to keep it real. We are in this summer struggle together!!!! Moms who are tired of hearing "I am bored!" unite!! If possible at a play date where the kids will entertain each other so we can chat or at a Mom's night out!
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