Her Dirty Little Secret
The things that makes kids so funny is the apparent randomness of what comes out of their mouths.
So we are sitting at the table working on various things
when Alex says, "In case you were worried about who was peeing in the swimsuits, it was me."
Moms typical response to Alex, "HUH?"
I immediately picture the tub of swimsuits and towels that are set in the corner of the guest room - and then - the vivid image of Alex sitting on it, legs hanging over the edge, pants at her ankles.
When the fear and shock subside I say, "Alex, what are you talking about?
Then she proceeds to tell me:
"Everytime I made the potty face at the pool and I told you that I didn't need to go potty, I was lying. I was really peeing in the pool and the life gaurds never even knew!"
So REALLY! Don't drink the water!
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On Being A Mom
I have to say that I feel more "peer pressure" as a mom than I ever did as a teenager. I never expected that. I wonder if we all feel this way - that we expect ourselves to be less inclined to be tempted, especially by seemingly trivial things, as we "grow up". I thought widsom and experience would help me. I guess in many ways it does - because I am much more aware of the temptations and pressures as an adult.
So many of my temptations and pressures come from home. Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy, choosing good music, the way I use my time, how I help my children to use their time, what we spend our money on, who we associate with, the things that make us not want to go to church, reading scriptures and praying and ALL the things that keep those things from happening.
The really hard one for me is my daughters friends. I really didn't know that I would get so emotionally involved in their friendships!
In KC we had several friends who had babies within 6 months of each other. So we had a great group that started playing along side each other before they could even crawl. We started playgroups when they were 2 and just potty training and it was wonderful.
No one had big houses or tons of space or lots of money to spend - but we were all willing to be creative and take turns with the girls! Izzy was 3 1/2 when we left KC and she had a whole swarm of girl friends and a little boy friend.
It has been hard waiting all this time but, now that Alex and the girls her age are older there is much more fun going on between the 4 & 5 girls in our ward and not too much drama. THANK FULLY!
BUT NOW - most of the girls are going to Kindergarten - and I am afraid that everything is just going to change again.
Izzy on the other hand, really wants to be friends with the other LDS girls but it just doesn't happen. They have other things going on in their lives that keep them busy I guess . Is it us too? Are we just all too busy? I am grateful that Izzy has met many fun and kind girls (and boys) at school who seem to come from good families.
Which brings me back to my original thoughts - we had a slumber party invite on a Saturday night with a huge group of those school friends.
Now that we have 9am church it makes the decision easier. But is 9am on Sunday any different than 1pm on a Sunday? It's still Sunday.
Just another one of those things!
All said and done I am more grateful than I can describe that my girls have each other. That I was inspired early on to do things to cultivate a special friendship between them, and that they really love each other - even if they have no clue how to pick clothes that match!
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