During my pregnancy I’ve been paying attention to a lot of other Mom’s to see how they get things done. On top of the regular day-to-day Mom stuff like keeping your kids alive and your home from burning down, did you know that mothers do things like:
- Scrapbook
- Host Candle/Tupperware/Mary Kay/Pampered Chef parties
- Decorate their homes for: Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas
- Go to: Pumpkin Patches, Applie Orchards, Wiggles shows
While there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing any of the above things and I tend to get a little envious of the people who can do those, it is safe to say that I don’t think I’m going to be that type of Mommy.
First of all – see the first line. I am not creative. This statement isn’t being made in the hopes that you’ll leave comments saying that I am creative because the jig is up – I’m just not. While I enjoy looking at scrapbooks and attending the above parties if there is hooch being served, I don’t see myself actively participating in any of those things. Second, I think I have a little bit of adult ADD – I start things (a quilt, painting, photo albums, blog postings) and never follow them through. Thirdly, I come by it honestly – Judes wasn’t that type of mother either. In her case, she probably didn’t have a choice. Mom went back to work soon after Joel went to school full time and there was a time where Dad worked 3 shifts and Mom worked straight 3-11 – not really conducive to decorating Easter trees.
Before you lose faith in my mommy abilities, there are some things working in my favour:
- I’m a good cook and not a bad baker – when I have time to and want to be
- I can throw together an ensemle
- I have pretty good taste in music (even if Owen doesn’t agree that Junior loves Duran Duran and moved around tons yesterday during Girls on Film)
- We currently live in a city where there is lots to do. While I don’t see a lot of Wiggles concerts in my future, we’ll be sure to bring our kid to other shows. Mel has wonderful memories of her dad bringing her to Cyndi Lauper shows and I think that’s awesome
- I have a lot of creative family members who’ll ensure that our baby will go through his or her life experiecing different things (even if those things include snooping for Christmas gifts, opening them and then re-sealing them - which is the height of my creativity as a child).
What I'm Listening To: My manager typing beside me. I forgot my headphones today.
4 comments:
Don't worry, we have the Peterson's to make sure the crafts component of the babies lives are complete.
The biggest part of being a mom(or parent in general) is trying to expose your kids to tons of different things so they can make their own choices of who they are going to be. In order to do this we need to have a LARGE circle of supportive friends and family who are into all kinds of different stuff. If Junior needs, a costume, a bday party, a camping trip or an escort to a cheesy kids show, I am the chick for the job. When Emma needs a hot outfit for the dance or Ryan needs to know the name of a great band or song I will for sure send them your way..that stuff is out of my league!! Teamwork is what its all about. You are going to be a GREAT mom in lots of ways and depend on some other people to fill in the blanks...like I did!
Love you
Lori
You know where us Peterson's are, if we're the girls for the job... we are always glad to help!
Love Joanne
And auntie Maureen will teach him/her to say "shit" - for a well-rounded education!
:-)
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