I spent the day yesterday with my youngest daughter. She is 5 years old and just a doll. She is home because she missed the age cut off for school. Which is fine with me it is 1 more year with my baby. Anyway she has spent a lot of time with her Dad since I have been working more in the last year (I have many jobs). So we were laughing and playing and I was tickling her and she gave me one of the best compliments ever. She said "Mommy you are good at all of your jobs but you are the best at being my Mom so I think you should do this more!" Of course my eyes welled up with tears and I said "Thank you! Mommy sometimes forgets how much fun it is to be your Mom."
So hug & kiss & laugh with your kids as much as you can. They and you need that and they do notice!
I hope that's the job that you are best at too......
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Shopping today!
I decided to start this blog because I sometimes feel like I want to know if others feel like I do about average stuff. I have thought about this for a long time and today was the last straw for me. I needed to share.....
I was shopping for my 7 year old daughter's birthday and could not believe how much "kids stuff" costs. She is only 7 and it was hard to find a descent gift under $20. Let me clarify and say, a descent gift that she asked for. These were selected based on the TV commercials she sees and the toy catalogs we get in the mail. I was in a store we all shop at to look for a walking talking puppy. It was over $45.00! This for a stuffed animal. It may be a great stuffed animal but isn't that a bit much? DVDs she wanted were all $24.99 or more. She is a normal little girl looking for age appropriate stuff for her birthday. Now I am faced with spending the money or disappointing my daughter. This is why "kids stuff" cost so much. We have no way to share our thoughts with someone who really cares about our feedback. So we just keep buying.
How did it end? Not well, I ended up not getting many gifts today. I went home feeling very irritated and as disappointed. Just like I think my daughter will be when she doesn't get the things she wanted most for her special day!
How is that right?? Anyone else feel the same or am I just having a bad day!!!
I was shopping for my 7 year old daughter's birthday and could not believe how much "kids stuff" costs. She is only 7 and it was hard to find a descent gift under $20. Let me clarify and say, a descent gift that she asked for. These were selected based on the TV commercials she sees and the toy catalogs we get in the mail. I was in a store we all shop at to look for a walking talking puppy. It was over $45.00! This for a stuffed animal. It may be a great stuffed animal but isn't that a bit much? DVDs she wanted were all $24.99 or more. She is a normal little girl looking for age appropriate stuff for her birthday. Now I am faced with spending the money or disappointing my daughter. This is why "kids stuff" cost so much. We have no way to share our thoughts with someone who really cares about our feedback. So we just keep buying.
How did it end? Not well, I ended up not getting many gifts today. I went home feeling very irritated and as disappointed. Just like I think my daughter will be when she doesn't get the things she wanted most for her special day!
How is that right?? Anyone else feel the same or am I just having a bad day!!!
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