Is it just me, or is it hard to justify, or make time for blogging this month? I have, however, spent hours online, researching and comparing gifts, and felt quite unproductive for doing that. But, I decided, more than half of my shopping has been done online, and will hopefully come to my door this week. I've been able to sit here and take care of my babies, and not drag them through stores during nap time, so there, now I feel better about it.
Is it just me, or are a lot of us way to impatient and grumpy? One of my major pet peeves is being in a store and hearing people yell at their kids. I know that I never know all that is going on, but I just think things could often be handled a little more pleasantly than they are. ( I suppose too, I think if someone is grumpy out of the home, they're probably twice as grumpy at home.) In the last couple of weeks, I've heard kids, (tiny kids) yelled at for wandering away from Mom, while she turned her back, and browsed at clothing in a store. (You left her out of the cart you know.) For trying to skip into the grocery store while holding Mom's hand. "If you do that one more time, I'm going to take you back to the car!" -- At a child who was looking the other way, and got under his mothers feet, she said, "You can be such a pain in the butt". Of course there have been many more through the years. Sometimes I find myself looking at them and smiling, like I understand, but I haven't ever decided to say something. Have you? I know that I find myself upset at my kids, and have to look at the way I've reacted, sometimes patiently, often, way too impatiently.
I hope I'm learning from my mistakes. And though far from perfect, we're reading, skipping, sword fighting a little more, and saying no a
little
less. Bill has started telling imaginary bedtime stories of Obi Wan Josh, and Anakin Matthew (from Star Wars)- and they love it. We have to remember that our children are children.
Let them be little. They learn from everything I say and do, so I better make it good!
