"Do I look pretty Mama?"

(She has my vote!)

Like Auntie, Like Niece

I was talking on the phone today with my mama and I told her something that Emma did. She said, "That sounds just like her Aunt Athena." It got me thinking about how my daughters do share funny little quirks that their relatives have. So I decided do to a blog on how Emma and Tabitha are like their Aunties. By aunties I mean my sisters and Anthony's sister.  (Sorry all other family!) Okay so I'll start with Tabs! 

Tabitha is a hard one because she is just Tabitha with her very own personality. In fact I often wonder where she came from! But I managed to come up with a few things. 

Auntie Athena and Tabitha are pretty much not at all alike. But I think they both would give you the shirt off their own back if you needed it. Tabitha, as ornery as she is, cares about others a lot and is very giving. And Athena, as ornery as she is, is the same. :)

  I think out of all the Aunties Tabitha is most like her Auntie Marie. Auntie Marie is one tough girl and I am proud to say Tabitha is too. They both know what they want and work hard to get it. One other trait they share- if they are upset you know all about it! :)

Auntie Spring and Tabitha are both observers. Instead of wanting to be the center of attention, they notice things that others may not, by standing back and watching. You can tell even though they aren't saying anything they are soaking it all in. 

It's Emma turn: 

Auntie "Mia" and Emma are so much alike in a lot of little ways, but the biggest way I think they are alike is that they both share a love of learning. Emma would sit and do school work all day if I let her. She would read all day too. (she sure doesn't get that from me!) She has taught herself to read in the last couple of months and now we find her staying up after lights out with a flashlight still reading! (Sound familiar Athena?) 

Besides sharing the no hip/butt problem, Auntie Marie and Emma both like to shop and have new clothes! I seem to recall Marie coming home from college and "accidentally" forgetting her dress for church, resulting in a brand new outfit. The way Emma loves dresses I would not put this trick past her! :)

Which brings me to Auntie Spring. Emma shares her unique dress style. You never know what they are going to walk out of the bedroom wearing! I remember Spring wearing stretch pants under her skirts. I thought this was weird then, but the truth is she was just ahead of the game because now leggings under skirts are totally in and Emma loves them! Just the other day she came out wearing pink polka dotted leggings under a short jean skirt and a pink top. (They also both love pink!) The irritating thing with both of them is no matter how strange you think their outfit looks, they both pull it off looking incredibly cute! 

Thank you Aunties for sharing your traits (even though you didn't even know you did!) with my girls! I love them more because of it!

Do your kids share fun traits with your relatives? (If you are an Auntie I guess now is the time to get me back!)

I never went into motherhood with high expectations. In fact I go into nothing with high expectations because than usually I am happy with the end results. I did not however imagine having days where I would be wishing that I could walk into a mental institution and freely commit myself. and I definitely really believed that at least until my children were teenagers they would think everything I said was right and I was the best mom ever!( I know I was slightly delusional.) With a 3 and 5 year old you would think that I could have control over all situations, and I keep telling myself I do, but sometimes I think that I am more here for their personal laugh. 

Yesterday my 5 year old was complaining of a tummy ache. 5 minutes later I was eating jelly bellys. My 3 year old came walking by and of course wants a jelly belly so me, being the good mom that I like to believe I am, gave her one. Then my 5 year old walks in and naturally if one has something the other one wants it so, knowing this theory I handed her a jelly belly before she even asked for one. She looked at it, then at me, and said, "Mom, I just told you I had a stomach ache. I should not be eating a jelly belly." She handed it back to me and while rolling her eyes says, "that's not being a very good mom." This should be where I have something smart to say but instead being hurt by the comment I lower myself to a 5 year old level and say, "Fine, then I will never give you a jelly belly again." Good one. That was a mom in control. 

So on days where my 3 year old tells me she will pick up her toys after she is done checking her e-mail, or on days my 5 year old turns the faucet off, while once again rolling her eyes, and telling me I'm wasting water, and especially on the days they both tell me that I should wait until dad gets home to fix something because I'm not good at fixing anything, I try to hold my head up high and tell myself, "I am doing good. I am a good Mom and I am in control." After all they say mind power really does work right? If not then maybe I will go back to plan B. - medicate myself. 

   

Ready or not- Here is the New Year!

I am a little slow at updating this blog! It is already a new year! Christmas was fun for the girls. We had a fun night at Grandma and Grandpa Muai's on Christmas eve. The girls got lots of goodies and enjoyed playing with their cousin. Even the great grandmas came which was nice to see them. That night the girls had fun spending the night at a hotel. Each got their own queen sized bed and slept well. They were excited to find their stockings from Santa in the morning. After the yummy hotel breakfast we headed to Papa and Granny's house for some more presents and fun. It sure was nice to see all the family. And vacations sure end fast. We came home all sick, except for me. I still don't know how I managed to escape that one except someone needed to take care of everyone. We even stopped to pick up on of Anthony's friends from the airport on our way out. He stayed with us for 3 days and also got sick! What a house full! Well, with the new year off to a rough start I sure hope that isn't a warning for the rest of the year. Today is looking up. Everyone is finally feeling somewhat better. Which is good. I am starting to feel a little quarantined!