Health & Fitness
Why I Win at Being a Parent Today
After a horrible week in which I felt like I was failing as a parent, I needed this magical moment with my kids to renew my faith in my parenting abilities.
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I originally wrote this post last year when I was having a rough week. I felt like was failing at being a parent. Nothing was going right, and I was particularly struggling to find activities for my then 1 1/2-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter to do together.
This past week was another tough week. Marie was home sick, and I did my best to entertain both babes. We painted with tempera paints. And by painted, I mean we painted *a lot*. It reminded me of the experience that inspired this post. Enjoy!
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Before Thomas came along, Marie and I used to do all sorts of fun projects. Now Thomas is getting close to that age, but just isn’t quite there yet. So I racked my brain thinking of something they can do together besides color. Projects with glue? No, not unless I want to clean the glue out of his hair. Markers? Definitely not. Finger paints? No he’ll eat those. Wait he’ll eat those. But I wonder, if I made my own with pudding, could he eat those and would it be good? It would be delicious! And he would get some calcium, too. SCORE!
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So that’s what we did. Finger paints with pudding. Keep in mind, whenever I try to give Thomas some yogurt or ice cream, he acts like I am trying to poison him. Just when I thought he would hate all things creamy and delicious ...
I’ll tell you what, I needed a day like this because I felt like I failed at being a parent this week. The reasons include, but are not limited to the following: Marie missing her yoga class due to an unforeseen traffic situation, running out of her favorite bread, and forgetting to buy her milk so she had to drink Thomas’ whole milk. And poor Thomas, no sooner would he get up from his nap that I would have to put the TV on so I could make dinner. Also, I was pretty snappy and cranky and feeling all around stressed out.
Life can be rough, but it’s these sparkling moments of happiness and togetherness that shine through and light up the dark corners.
What moments light up the gloomy moments in your life?
