Mean MOM

So it seams at this present moment that I am a Mean mom. Words that I thought I would never hear, hoped that I would never hear. I know parenting is hard, but the hardest part is not knowing if your doing a good job raising your child. You want to teach them right from wrong, good from bad and yet the irony is that you will NOT find out if you have done a good job until they are much older.

I promised that I would not hit my child, teaching her that I will not be a hypocrite. If I teach her not to hit anyone, how can I hit her. I teach that Karma is something to think about. For every wrong choice, comes a consequence. For every good choice comes something positive. Is this the right way to go? I honestly don't know. As I am writing this, my daughter is in timeout and cried herself to sleep!

I just have to believe in what I was taught as a child and hope that there is no timeline where those values become extinct.

Tea for Two

What a beautiful way to spend the day. My daughter Nicolette invited her friend Megan over for a tea party. It makes me wonder... Did I have tea parties at 4? I know that I love tea, but at 4 did I?

Anyways, while going to visit CC and Arthur in Vero the other day, Nana and I HAD to check out the new boutique in Vero, and low and behold I found the cutest tea cups and saucers for the "tea party". My only wish was that there were more, as they only had a set for 2.

As Nicolette and her friend giggled and chatted, tears swelled in my eyes as Nicolette proclaimed to me that " this was the best tea party ever". Hearing this makes you think that you did something right in a world that everything seems to be going wrong.

It wasnt about the newest WII game, or going to the movies. It wasnt about spending that day watching TV, it was just two girls having fun drinking tea, being silly little girls and this Mom couldnt be happier!

Out with the old!

There are 16 more days left until the first day of school. I guess Florida starts a little earlier than most states. I guess it's because of the heat, but I am not 100% sure. So, today we spent the whole day going through Nicolette's clothes and taking inventory of what is needed.

Conclusion- She needs SOCKS.

Yup, I have been slowly accumulating clothes here and there, somewhat like a squirrel gathering nuts for the winter. And to my pleasant surprise we only need some socks. :)

I did manage to take away 2 large garbage bags of clothes to send to the goodwill, and her closet actually looks organized. For how long will it stay that way, Who knows. But for now, I can't help but smile at the progress we made today.

PS. the Nana countdown is 7 days and counting

Karate Kid part 12

Tonight my little peanut got her first stripe on her white belt. Its very cute to see her in all her glory doing her "dragon form" for Sempi Brian. She might fall now and then trying to perfect the side kick, but she gets back up again and tries her little heart out.

I have to give kudos when do, and she has a bunch of gusto in her 3 ft frame.

So, tonight I sit and watch in amazement at her accomplishment that might seem slight to some, however it means the world to her (proud) Mom.

I love you Nicolette!

Summer is here...... Let the madness begin

So, here it is. Children are out of school for the FIRST official day, and what do I do? Go to all the places that ALL these children with pent up energy go..... But I am not complaining because of course, I have the most well behaved child on earth.

We first go to the library because it is Thursday and it is story day. I, expecting a zillions children was ever so disappointed when (again, this is the first day of "no school"), My brilliant, eager to learn child was the only one there. NO SHIT... We had to wait for 15 minutes for 2 other children that weren't even there for story time to start. But it was fantastic.... My daughter (Nicolette) some time ago, (she is 4, so it cant be all that long ago) decided that she is going to be both an animal and a human doctor. So, with this in mind of course we had to find books on the Human body etc.

I, excited at the notion that My daughter was going to be a DR., was soon taken back to reality when my daughter began to say " mom, is this the boy's JOHNSON?" yeah, at that point i thought, does she really want to be a doctor or is she that clever that she knows this book would have that picture.... OH, by the way, it wasn't a Johnson, and there is no naked pictures, she, as I have mentioned is brilliant and has found a way to PUNK me....

So, after this we grabbed a pick-a-nic (as my mom "the Nana"* calls it) at SUBWAY and went to the water sprinkler park at Jensen beach. However, this time there were all those crazy kids that I thought would be there, and to be honest only one child out of a zillion were annoying to both myself and the Nana.

Later that evening while Nicolette and I sat and had dinner, she said that today was the BEST day, and then started with her unusual questions ( i have to list a few because again at 4 who asks these questions).

1. So mom, What is it like to be a grown up
2. What was it like to have me in your belly
3. When Am I going to have babies

Then, as soon as these "grown up" conversations start they end with her putting on her favorite blue high heel shoes and pretending to be singing on "American Igol" (no spelling error she says it that way)

Now, we are getting ready for bed, and she is picking out her bedtime tea. Bedtime tea! Does anyone else thing that I am living in a some what Twilight Zone?