How about some post-Valentine’s Day real-life confessions from my week? I know it’s not even Friday, but, hey, let’s embrace what actually happens and make the most of it.
1. Ben proclaimed I could stop matching his socks because “they’re just socks and why do they have to match?” Well. Okay. It goes against everything in my Type A self, but I guess it’s good to let go of something.
2. I let my two big kids jump in our new pool in February. I don’t know how cold the water was, but I know it was cold. But, hey, it was 66* outside, which is balmy for a polar plunge.
Honestly, I loved watching them do something crazy and being the mom who said yes. (It certainly doesn’t always happen this way.)
3. I dropped off Cate at a horse riding lesson Saturday and went to brunch with my best friend. I normally stay and watch my girl ride, but I needed that hour date with Jaclyn.
4. My two big kids celebrated Valentine’s Day at school with their friends with store-bought cards, conversation hearts that I bought three times because I kept eating them, and simple “mailboxes.” Most of Ben’s friends went all out creating amazing boxes, and we wrapped a box with red, blue, and green wrapping paper leftover from Christmas and cute a whole. Cate decorated a lunch sack in class.
And everybody had a fabulous day and I once again didn’t regret not having a Pinterest account.
5. I was feeling old, not in pitiful way but in an unbelief way. Greg and I met 19 years ago when I was 18 … so I’ve know him longer than I haven’t at this point. (We met Feb. 7, and then we went on our first date a week later on Valentine’s Day, so, you know, that’s why I was thinking about it!)
But then Tuesday I went to have my aching ear checked out and learned I have an ear infection and swimmer’s ear. Yes, y’all, at the same time. And that makes me feel like a kid again.
Nothing like some perspective and amoxicillin.
6. I have each kid a $1 box of chocolate (well, gummies for Rachel …) for Valentine’s Day and I let the two big kids eat a piece of chocolate before their breakfast before school. That’s love.
7. Greg and I went on a Valentine’s Day dinner date a day late. I took a list of three things I wanted to make sure we talked about and he took a list of some things we needed to pick out at Lowe’s for our lake house renovation. Missions accomplished.
Your turn! What kind of real-life confession do you have this week, friends?
Yes. Pinterest-free is so freeing. 🙂 Our kids actually made Valentine’s this year, but I mean, THEY made them. And they were adorable and creative and nothing that would go on Pinterest. (We just did Valentines with a few friends so only 8 kid friends to make Valentines for otherwise I would have totally opted for store bought!)
The socks thing made me LOL. I still match up socks, but when the stash gets low and the laundry’s undone the kids totally wear their leftover matchless socks… in public. And sometimes I am the one that puts them on that way on the toddler. 😀 I guess I’m not very type-A HAHA
Love your confessions, friend! Thanks for keeping it real.
I mean, I still want to wear matching socks, but, hey, if Ben doesn’t care about different colors or textures, whatever. 🙂 Glad you’re here, Amanda!
I only make my kids match their socks when they go to their dad’s house because he gets mad about it. For me: socks on the feet that I didn’t have to put on for you? That’s a win.
My kids only shower every other day. They hate getting clean (people tell me this will improve someday) so we have a rule: ask yourself “did I take a shower yesterday?” If the answer is yes, you can pass on the shower. If the answer is no, do not pass go, do not collect $200, get yourself to the shower right now little missy.
Oh, my kids aren’t everyday shower-ers (yet) either … but some days there’s no choice! 🙂 Glad you’re here, Jen!