What do you do to show your kids how much you love them? For me, one of the ways is doing things for them that I find to be a big pain in the rear. Take the wax museum for instance. The kids chose a historical figure, do a report on them, dress up in a costume and pose while parents walk around pushing the "push here" buttons to hear the "wax statue" recite a quote. Matthais chose to be Robert E Lee. So being the good, but oh-so-not creative mom that I am, I throw together a costume (p.s. my sewing machine is out of commission). I spend lots of time sewing on buttons and glueing cotton balls to a shower cap for a wig. I also made a beard and mustache. Well, being the cool 5th grader that Matthais is, this didn't work for him. The wig was out, the beard out, what in the world was his mom thinking??? So, here he is.. the younger and cooler Robert E. Lee...
Not really how I envisioned it all when I began but I bit my tongue. After all...I love him.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Motherly love
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2 people not afraid to say something:
Kids don't care about creativity, it's coolness. You're something more...a COOL mom!
Yep, that's a pretty cool Robert E. Lee! You're such a good mom to make all that and then bite your tongue. Don't know if I would have been that good!
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