Boys....Boys....Boys

Have I told any of you how much I think my boys are going to be the death of me......in a GOOD way?

Lately, we have encountered the years of preschool, sports, piano, homework and friends. Every one of these, I remember doing. I also remember thinking how "UNCOOL" my parents were during this time. They didn't seem to do ANYTHING, yet they never had time to help me with the things that were important to me (that I noticed). Needless to say, I was a very SELFISH child that only thought of myself. I noticed how much time my dad had for my brother, and my mom for my sister and both my parents for my younger brother. But where did I fit in? I found out when I was older, that my parents were there for me and every one of my siblings every step of the way. Again, I was a selfish teenager, so this was normal.

I am not making this post out to be a pitty party, believe me, it is far from that!!! But, now that I am the mom, I am trying so hard to not be the "UNCOOL" mom that I remember growing up...but I am failing terribly.

My oldest, Broxon is already starting to notice that I am never there....BUT I AM I TELL YOU!!! I make school lunches every day, I have soccer practice 3 days during the week, including daily piano. I then have to read with each child and find time to get dinner done....this is where the friends come in. Then there are the 3 soccer games at times too close to each other at 2 different fields......(Can you hear the screams yet?). Once summer break comes, it is going to be a picnic every day.

By all means, I have always thought my whole life that I was "UNCOOL", so I am not trying to be the "COOL" parent now, but it would be nice for once to have the kids finally notice that I would never miss ANYTHING! Yes, sometimes I will only be at a game for 15 minutes, but I was there to support.

Today, I had the chance to watch my youngest, Corbin, in his very first preschool performance. Each of my kids has been in preschool at this age, so I was sure that I was going to see a great personality that I hadn't seen before. My first two were crazy. I could hear him singing away through the door. He was the loudest in the class, not missing a word. When I got into the classroom, he clammed up. I thought it was performing in front of me that was the issue, but after the performance he said "Mommy, everyone was looking at me."

The teacher then read a paper that she had the teacher ask questions about us on.

Apparently, I look my best on my wedding day :D, my favorite food is top ramen, I don't have ANY friends, I love him most when he puts his dishes in the dishwasher, I love to go shopping at the store for milk and he loves me the most when I do the dishes. I found this hysterical. The things that he observes about me. I have some fixing up to do.....I need friends...my "UNCOOL" self, I only love to do dishes and go grocery shopping...."MEAN MOM" and I don't know how to cook :D.

I am going to start taking many more pictures to show what my kids are up to starting on Saturday at their game.....I will show them one day how much I care :)