Reflecting

Have you ever met a mom and thought "I want to be her?". Sophia's mom Erica is super patient and encouraging and I explictly told her "I want to be you when I grow up". Don't get me wrong, I LOVE MY GIRLS MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF. I could show it better, though. I will be the first to admit I can be hard on them, critical and I'm a yeller. I want my kids to be well behaved. No matter what you say about me, you'll never say my kids don't have manners. I am a work in progress and it's refreshing to see someone who can put those things I want to be, in the flesh. Obviously, we all have different parenting styles but I think we are kidding ourselves if we say there isn't room for improvement. So for every thing I need to correct, I can say 3 things that were positive. I can look them in the eye when I want something so I don't have to yell it and repeat over and over and over again.

Anyway, this last weekend, Erica had us over for a playdate. Bri had a blast.

They made personal pizzas
Spreading the sauce

Taste testing the cheese (Her pizza was great, BTW.)

Snack time after lots of playing
I'm pretty new at this whole playdate thing but it was a great time. I hope to do it again soon.

Tonight, when I saw Bri going to the diving board, I put down my crochet to see what she was up to. Maybe I should do it more often but I like to let her teacher, teach. She did it with the floaty a couple of times and I told her I thought she could do it without. Then she did. She wanted to put her floaty back on and her teacher let her and moved on to something else. They went back to the diving board later and she did it once with the floaty (again). I told her that she could do it without it. And she did. Did she do it because she was afraid of letting me down? Did she put the floaty back on because her teacher is easy on her? I don't know. I do think she needed an extra push. I just have to remind myself that there's a fine line there and remember not to cross it.

So, let's pat ourselves on the back for the great things we do as moms and work on the things we need to improve on.

Thanks for reading :).

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