Mom Is Teaching

My children are having a hard time with the fact that their mommy has been gone quite a bit lately.  And, I’m home now with no chance of traveling for quite some time and hopefully, if I do travel in May, I can at least take one of the kids with me.  That will have to be a wait and see kind of thing. 

Anyway, I wanted to add something to the “candy debate”.  My children do not get candy at home on a regular basis.  I would venture to say that 1 out of 50 times that they ask for candy in a store, we actually indulge them.  If we buy candy for ourselves, we hide it so they don’t ask for it all the time. 

They don’t get sugary drinks.  They don’t get kool-aid and they have chosen water over juice themselves as of late.  So, with that, I have to tell you, I feel like I was totally justified in making my complaint which was not technically a complaint, it was a discussion of policy. 

And, to further my point, I want you to know that the week I carried cake to school for my son’s birthday and the kids had a small party during snack time, I made a request regarding the fact that there were 3 birthdays that week.  Yes, I know, sounds crazy.  But, some way, that class had a child with a birthday on Tuesday, my son’s on Wednesday and another birthday on Friday. 

Now, I felt like 3 shindigs during afternoon snack in one week that included lots of candy and cookies and cake and junk was a bit too much.  So, I suggested that the 3 of us get together and do it on one day.  The teacher sent me a note stating that the other parents hadn’t mentioned even bringing anything so it would be fine to just go ahead and do my son’s birthday celebration on his birthday.

As it turned out, the child whose birthday was on Tuesday didn’t have anything special, but the child whose birthday was on Friday did have a special get together.  So, I know, 2 is better than 3 but, one was better than 2 in my opinion.

So, I have to say, that I am at least attempting to practice what I preach.  Does that help at all?