I'm a Damn Good Mom!

I don't know about you all, but so often these days, I beat myself up over things I feel I may be doing "wrong" with my kids. From discipline, to forming "bad" habits, to letting them eat too much junk, watch too much TV, etc. I feel like I am always letting them down somehow, and letting myself down, it really just comes with the territory of having children and comparing myself to what other families may or may not be doing. I don't think I stop and pat myself on the back enough for the things I feel I am doing RIGHT.

That being said... I started to think about things I do to be a GOOD mom... Before I started this post... I didn't know what I was going to say, but I started to list just the little things, and realized I could go ON and ON! Here's some of mine, what about yours?

Daughter- 3years
Son- 7months

• Reading Green Eggs and Ham (Sam I am, I Don't Like Eggs as she would say) every single night b/c that's her favorite.
• Playing Hide and Seek in the middle of peeling carrots, and making meals.
• Letting her sleep with me when Dad's off to work for 2 days....
• Driving an extra 10 minutes to go to the Sheets where she can push the buttons on the Lottery Ticket machine to get whatever scratch-offs she wants!
• Taking her to Barnes and Nobles so she can play with the Thomas Train Table with her friends.
• Letting her Run the PopCorn Popper and having movie time on the weekends.
• Letting her watch an extra episode of Dora.... just because sometimes.
• Putting Dora band-aid's on her practically healed boo-boo's b/c well... "it makes it all better"
• Taking her to Red Lobster, Red Robin, or Chuck E Cheese.. her 3 favs. just for the heck of it
• Playing store outside in her house while its freeeezing weather.
• Letting her swing in baby's swing b/c she likes to swing!
• Setting up the foot spa so she can have a "toe bath" and then painting her toes purple, her most fav. color!
• Tickling my baby boy so he can get down laughing!! He's so ticklish.
• Puree'ing homemade baby food in large batches for my little monster.
• Massaging lotion on his clean and soft baby body every night.
• Singing Old McDonald over and over b/c I know he smiles the biggest when I ee-iiii-eee-iiii-oooo!!
• Taking ton's of pictures and making many photo albums for them to have as adults.
• Loving their daddy and making sure they know their parents love each other.
• Cooking meals, cleaning house, working, and taking care of all other daily business so they can have a happy home, full bellies, and stable environment.
• Taking family vacations every year to far away lands to enrich their lives and to make sure they know the WORLD and not just where we live.