Sometimes I try to do things that I see other moms do that seem fairly easy...like decorating cakes (let's not forget Lucy's Elmo cake and Jesse's dinosaur cake last year...SCARY) or cutting my son's hair. But, it just doesn't seem to work out for me. I have my giftings and talents, but these are not among them. Yesterday, I had had it with Jesse's hair. He has had 2 haircuts in the past month because the people couldn't seem to get it right and it still wasn't right. I can't even explain what was wrong about it except to say that it looked more like an old lady's haircut than a little boy's. So, I took James' clippers, set to 4 and began shaving his head. I figured I could get it to look somewhat like my brother's only longer. I had to chase him around the yard and the house because it kept pulling his hair and hurting him. My mom was here and she followed me around with the camera. It was quite entertaining, but kind of sad for the boy.
So, here is the final result...choppy and uneven...cute, but then again, a bit messed up. So, we make muffins to take our minds off the hair fiasco and reward them for a productive and positive morning at school.
And, here is what the living room looks like today with a week's worth of laundry and the littles' toys strewn about. Again, Not-so-SuperMom... The littles pretty much entertain themselves while we do school each day. When it was just Jesse and I was teaching Shelby I was always so good about finding productive things for him to do while I sat with her. Same with Lucy. While I was teaching the two oldest, I always had something "school-like" for Lucy to do. Now, I have lightened up so much. Free-play is productive for toddlers and 3 year olds...DUH. Why was I so intense about it?
Sometimes, they even just watch the entire YoGabbaGabba DVD over and over...and I am okay with that too. See, not-so-supermom...and I am okay with that.
Sometimes I try to do things that I see other moms do that seem fairly easy...like decorating cakes (let's not forget Lucy's Elmo cake and Jesse's dinosaur cake last year...SCARY) or cutting my son's hair. But, it just doesn't seem to work out for me. I have my giftings and talents, but these are not among them. Yesterday, I had had it with Jesse's hair. He has had 2 haircuts in the past month because the people couldn't seem to get it right and it still wasn't right. I can't even explain what was wrong about it except to say that it looked more like an old lady's haircut than a little boy's. So, I took James' clippers, set to 4 and began shaving his head. I figured I could get it to look somewhat like my brother's only longer. I had to chase him around the yard and the house because it kept pulling his hair and hurting him. My mom was here and she followed me around with the camera. It was quite entertaining, but kind of sad for the boy. 
So, here is the final result...choppy and uneven...cute, but then again, a bit messed up. So, we make muffins to take our minds off the hair fiasco and reward them for a productive and positive morning at school.
And, here is what the living room looks like today with a week's worth of laundry and the littles' toys strewn about. Again, Not-so-SuperMom... The littles pretty much entertain themselves while we do school each day. When it was just Jesse and I was teaching Shelby I was always so good about finding productive things for him to do while I sat with her. Same with Lucy. While I was teaching the two oldest, I always had something "school-like" for Lucy to do. Now, I have lightened up so much. Free-play is productive for toddlers and 3 year olds...DUH. Why was I so intense about it?
Sometimes, they even just watch the entire YoGabbaGabba DVD over and over...and I am okay with that too. See, not-so-supermom...and I am okay with that.
