This morning, I got up at 4 AM. This afternoon, I decided to take a nap with my children. It was wonderful. Except the part where my four year old got up before me. I know, you are thinking he made some terrible mess. Nope. But he was kind enough to answer the door for a salesperson, since mommy was in bed, he was thoughtful enough to bring the business representative right upstairs into my bedroom. I thought that might be the strangest thing I have woken up to (a stranger in my bedroom with me and my son) a bit awkward as well.
This got me thinking, for all the times my children say I have embarrassed them, I have never been so embarrassed in my life as I have since becoming a mom. Thought it might be fun to cover some of these, and I would love to hear your red-faced stories as well. I will do my best to protect my children's identity, (or those of their friends) but for those of you who know some of my children, identification could come easily......
When one of my children was 3, we were visiting Grandma, who lived quite a ways away. She alway gave the children a juice box or soda as we left "for the road" as my daughter was given her sugary beverage by her grandmother, my daughter said "can Daddy have a beer for the road, Grandma?"
Same daughter, fast forward six years. She fell of her bike. Her wrist hurt, but not terribly, not a lot of swelling. I explained to her since it was late afternoon, we would keep an eye on it and see if she should see the Dr in the morning. She did go in the morning, and had a broken wrist. Of course, everyone wanted to know when she broke it. She politely informed them "I broke it on Wednesday, but Mom didn't take me to the doctor until Thursday."
One of my older daughters continued to hear me tell the little ones that the crab apples from the tree in the back yard would make them sick. This older daughter was babysitting her then two-year-old brother. She found he had consumed a crab apple. Apparently not realizing by "sick" I meant tummy ache, she proceeded to do what any responsible babysitter would do, she dialed 9-1-1.
My children say the way I dress embarrasses them. Apparently they have short term memory problems. One of my older sons went one entire year of preschool wearing nothing but Superman pajamas, day and night, complete with velcro-on cape.
Some of my daughters (when they were small) insisted that dance costumes left over from recitals DID count as clothing, and wore them everywhere.
One of my younger daughters used to chronically answer the door naked, this was how I met one of our neighbors for the first time when we moved in, as well as how she once greeted the pastor when he stopped by. Need I say more? Another daughter TODAY left the house in a denim skirt, petticoat and striped tights, and she is NOT five. I embarrass them? I just don't think I can compete with this!
While I could go on for days on this topic regarding my own children, there have been some fun ones lately with my children's friends as well.....
One of my favorites, one of my older daughters called from a freinds house. They were cooking and her friend had cut her hand. They wanted to know what to do. I walked them through some basic first aid and asked when the friend's parents would be home. The girls sweetly informed me they wouldn't be home for a while as they were "at the bar". (Turns out they are in a card group that MEETS at a bar.)
Last week I was watching a friend's children. As pre-teens will, they eat a lot. They did make sure I understood though, that it was due to the fact that all of the food in their house is expired. (I knew this not to be true, of course, one of my children had babysat them the night before, and they had found ONE expired food item.)
I certainly have learned over the years that children take things out of context. I do now get to giggle when my children's friends say such things, but I DO worry about what my kids say when they are at their friends houses!
Please do send me your finest "Mommy Moments" I would love to hear them!
Blessings! -DeAnna
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