I was looking at the type of stories Savvymom.ca likes from their contributors and it made me realize that I just don’t DO those types of posts that often. I don’t write about recipes. I don’t write about breastfeeding or helicoptering or gluten free child rearing. I don’t do the catch phrases. I don’t write about exciting spring break plans for families either. Now, I realize we blow our money on odd things. Things that other families won’t. Those other families probably plan better than we do for these holidays too. But $56 is a lot of money for one day at a so so Science World. Because let’s get real, it isn’t that great. The kids go and then Adam just looks at me like ‘well?’ And this is the reaction every time we go.
So many mom bloggers seem to parent by theme. Like it is a style. I don’t have a style. Perhaps that is a problem. Perhaps that is what makes so much of it more difficult than it should be. But I really just try to parent the way that feels right for me. Even if it is wrong. I am convinced no other mom blogger would speak to me if they knew the real truth. Maybe that is just the dirt talking.
I have had a rotten cold for the last few days and so have the kids. Patient zero was Tara. SHE probably picked it up at the drop in centre. ALTHOUGH Adam’s buddy who is here every single day claims he has been sick too and so has his mom. Ah HAH.
Anyway, the life of a walking biohazard has me feeling a bit down. I hate being a total shut in. This dirty house starts to get to me even though I don’t have the hear to really do much about it. The dog will just pee on it again anyway.
We have memberships for the Aquarium and they do love that….however the holiday crowds overwhelm my son so I have to choose very carefully when we go hence hesitating at taking him during Spring Break when he wants to go.
I have promised the kids a treat since they have been so good dealing with the last few days of snot and fatigue. HOPEFULLY tomorrow I will feel like wearing more than dirty yoga pants. Perhaps tomorrow all the posts about crafts and arts and baking and sword swallowing for Spring Break will not piss me off as much. Perhaps if I whip up a batch of banana muffins I won’t feel like such a slacker loser mom. Perhaps I will take a photo of said banana muffins and then I can post it on Savvymom.ca. 🙂
I really hope you feel better. And as far as having a theme to parenting, I agree with you. Kids don’t come with instruction manuals when they pop out of us, we just do what our instincts tell us to do at any given situation and live with the consequences of our decisions that we have made.
Thanks for this look into a day of your life.
Hahaha…I do post pictures of muffins but I’ll bet you my yoga pants are dirtier than yours! I know this because I actually wipe the flour from my baking on them and my husband often comments, “what’s up with your pants?” 🙂
Heh. I don’t fit the Savvy Moms thing either I don’t think. Niches…they’re tricky things and I don’t tend to find them overly comfortable. Though I do think it helps with blog traffic. People like to know what to expect.