A Procter & Gamble commercial showing a tired mom getting up her kid, making breakfast, busing them around, fixing their boo boos, doing loads of laundry, sitting in the stands...
Then it shows the kid all grown up and at the Olympics and they hug their mom after their success and it ends with
The hardest job in the world,
Is the best job in the world.
Thank you, mom.
It just gets me every time! I don't know if it is the hormones we are dealing with here. I mean, I just cried AGAIN while watching it and pasting it on here for you all to watch. But it is so true! Being a mom is tough! And I'm only at the beginning. I've got to get these kids to Kindergarten! I've got lots of boo boos I've yet to kiss, stands to sit in, laundry to do, and heads to pick up when they fail.
I've always watched the Olympics with admiration for these individuals who sacrifice so much time and effort to achieve gold medals. But maybe because of this commercial and now that I'm a mom, I'll be thinking more of the moms and dads in the stands who helped make it all happen. My girls and this next baby may not be Olympic athletes. But whatever they want to do, you bet I'll support and be there to cheer them on and do whatever it takes to help them achieve their goals.
Therefore on this note, I'd like to thank my mom and dad for all they did for me. They REALLY had to bus me around since I didn't live near anything. There were days of 3 hour basketball practice, followed by a 1 hour drive to my 2 hour volleyball practice, followed by a 1 hour drive back home where my dinner would be waiting. Dad always made sure I had gas money and a dependable car. Mom always made sure I had plenty to eat and my practice clothes would magically be clean the next time I needed them. They always offered to drive me to practice if I had too much homework or if I was too tired. Not only that, but they bussed me to whatever city I was playing volleyball in on the weekends and sometimes race me home in time to play in one of my high school basketball games. It all paid off and I achieved my goal of playing college volleyball and most importantly, got a free education. In case I haven't thanked you guys enough or thanked you lately...THANK YOU. All the credit goes to you and I'm so grateful. You showed me how to sacrifice and make opportunities for your children and I can't wait to do the same for mine.
I know, I know. I'm all sappy. But I don't care. Let me tell you something. It's been one heck of a week. Adam went to Atlanta on Sunday and just got home a couple of hours ago. He had a training he had to go to and I couldn't believe he would leave me with these two wild children while I only had 4 weeks to go. I mean, I can't see my toes. Much less feel them. But I did it. We did it. We are all alive. The house's cleanliness factor took a hit, but we made it. I love having him home. He's so helpful.
You can tell he was cooped up in a car for 4 hours because as soon as he got home, he opened up his package from Moen and replaced the roman tub faucet. It's been a hard project to tackle and it's been staring him down on the to-do list since we have moved in. We looked under the panel and got confused. We hired plumbers to come over and price out the job for us (425 bucks + 250 bucks for the faucet). We then found out we bought the wrong faucet. Finally we got Moen on the phone, found out what we needed, ordered it, and it was so simple, we felt silly.
This week, the girls and I kept ourselves busy. We went to the library, worked out at the Y, even made a Costco appearance. I only got two comments this time:
"Are they twins?" "No ma'am. They are two years apart."
AND
"I sure am glad I'm not you!!!"
Hahaha. Give it up, people.
And today was a special day. I took the girls to their first movie. I didn't know this, but on random Thursdays, the movie theatre in Franklin will have a kids movie for 2 bucks! The 2 bucks covers the cost of the movie, popcorn, a fruit snack, and a small drink! (I get in free) Crazy, right?! I'll tell you what was crazy...the lines. Oh my goodness. I stood in line for 15 minutes, then Aubrie announced she had to potty. I then returned to the end of the line to stand for 40 more minutes and finally got our tickets and snacks. The good news is, they keep opening up theatres as people show up, so we didn't miss that much of the movie and there are plenty of seats.
I learned a couple things today. My kids aren't ready to go to the movies. Maybe if you add the 40 minutes in the line to the 45 minutes we actually sat in the movie theatre and watched the movie, we could potentially sit through a full, shorter movie. But I didn't mind leaving early since it all cost me only 4 bucks. I applaud you Franklin Movie Theatre for having something like that for kids. But let me tell you. It looked like some moms just cruised around their neighborhoods with their minivan doors open, looking for any and all kids to jump in and join them. I saw moms with herds of 6-8 kids!! It was crazy. I think it is something that I'll enjoy when my kids are a little older to tolerate a long line and sit through a movie.
Since dad was home, we took a trip to the pool. The girls were so excited. We haven't been since our week at the lake. Aubrie modeled her swimsuit for us. Pretty fancy...
I love those girls. And I love super dad.
Love to all!
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