Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Wordless Wednesday ~ Strawberry farmer for a day

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Mother of the Year

My friends and I joke a lot about the Mother of the Year award. It's a coveted award in our circle apparently, usually going to the mother (we're all moms of babes born in October 2008 and I wouldn't trade them for anything!) that has done something completely brainless, or something she'd never normally do (yell at the kids, etc.).

I've claimed this "dishonor" a couple of times, usually for dinners (tonight it was fried Spam and mac 'n cheese) or just completely losing all patience with the kids and having to remove myself from the room.Or maybe, like the time shown there ----> Coco and I were playing and he fell and cut his head open on the hearth. I glued it shut with some Band-Aid type stuff. MOTHER OF THE YEAR!!!

I didn't learn this behavior from the real mother of the year. My mama (though there was that time I cracked my nose open on the heat vent jumping on the bed with one of my older brothers and she taped it shut with a butterfly bandage, because apparently that's all they would have done at the hospital anyway). I can't imagine growing up in a better world with a better role model than that woman. After 10 kids, my mama would have a major excuse to lose patience every now and again, but I seriously do not remember EVER being yelled at for something that I totally didn't deserve. And it's a great mother that can teach their kids to stay on the straight and narrow, seemingly without lifting a finger. I NEVER did anything I thought I would get in trouble for if I was "busted" because I didn't want the wrath of dad, or the disappointment of mom.

So, this mother's day, thank your mama. She deserves it. I'll be thanking mine. She was much better at this than I am, and I routinely go to her for advice. Think she's tired of it yet?