S.O.S. Some. one. HELP.me.
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Why did God make me a mother when I have virtually ZERO/NADA/NO practical mothering/cooking skills whatsoever? SERIOUSLY. I wonder this at a time when this blog is my time out from(screaming on the top of my lungs in frustration- which is always SO-ho-ho effective) the kitchen, as they sit around the island at yet another (gag me)"kid dream dinner" of mac and cheese with apple slices and chocolate milk.
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Sit isn't the right word, though.
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More like play musical chairs, run back and forth from the bathroom while shrieking, basically turning my kitchen into a 2 man mosh pit- bouncing off walls and slapping each other with random found objects. This they are doing in a "happy" way, a.k.a. willingly working together. Not more than a half hour earlier some different type of crazy was happening in a "not happy" way. They were just as willing participants, but with more of a "I-can't-stand-your-very-existence" slant.
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I know some acquaintances of mine find it oh so shocking to realize we don't sit down to a gourmet dinner every night with perfect manners and genteel parent child conversations...I mean, we really "seem" that way- or so I've been told.
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In point-of-fact, although my kitchen houses the loveliest chandelier ever, it might as well have a tent and a big top for how much more like a circus my family acts in it.
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I take full responsibility for the fact that I - in 12 years of marriage and now 7 years of parenthood- have never gotten a reasonable GRIP on the magical marvel of mealtime. It is an excruciating part of my day. I dream I was a fabulously skilled 1950's housewife with all sorts of (you-eat-all-your-peas-
or-you-can't-leave-the-table)discipline and betty-crocker bakeriness up my perfectly puffed sleeves, but I am a Hopeless Wreck in this arena.
HOPELESS.
WRECK.
And that is a fact. I also stink, stank, stunk at disciplinary eating.(which means: getting kids to eat stuff other than the 5 horrible meals they eat over and over and over again.)
I GIVE UP.
5 comments:
Ahem. First of all, since when does MOTHERING deserve to be "slashed" with cooking skills? You can be the worst cook in the world and it doesn't reflect nary a bit on your mothering skills. Are your kids healthy? Growing? Then they're eating habits are fine. Hey. Mac n cheese with apples is protein, grain, dairy and fruit all in one meal. Fabulous.
This country serves beans and rice two meals a day. Every day. That's it. And I think they're all excellent mothers. ;o)
Thanks for that comment! That actaully DOES help to be reminded that my children can grow up healthy despite not having a varied diet.haha.
Rach...You should do Stephs thing and blend vegetables and mix them into everything. i don't do that. And yesterday I was like trying to count how many fruits and vegetables addie ate and I couldn't identify one.
At least I know I'm not the "only one"... Your kids are healthy and loved, what else do they need, not gourmet meals, they'd absolutely hate that! You are doing a great job!
You are a wonderful seeet mamma, even if you don't have the Clevers dinner every night!! So give up and relax!
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