All you need is love... and a little schooling

I start my CNA

classes tonight so I

set out to make this

a perfect, memorable

day with the girls.

You know, the kind

you see represented

in those picture

perfect mommy blogs.

 

Oy. 

Not so much.

  

We never got to

make Christmas cookies

over the break so I got

out the sugar cookie

dough and we cut out

hearts and stars.

 

Only I put them

too close together

on the cookie sheet

so they turned into

one big blob.

 

Then we were

coloring pictures to

include in our

Christmas thank you

cards but that

didn't last long.

Lexi was breaking

the crayons and putting

them in her mouth

and Lila was too

concerned about what

Lexi was doing to

stay interested

in coloring.

 

I ran to the

bathroom and
I swear I wasn't

gone more than 3 minutes

but when I came back

the damage looked

like I had been gone

for a lot longer.

 

The crayons were

all over the floor,

Lila's drink was making

puddles in between

the crayons,

the thank you cards

were all crumpled

the tablecloth had

been pulled until my

computer was teetering

on the edge of the

table and Lexi was

holding my camera.

 

Oh boy.

 

We cleaned

everything up

and played babies.

 

The girls had

a great day.

They don't care

about perfectly

decorated cookies

or pretty pictures.

They're not

comparing me with

other moms

who accomplish picture-perfect

crafts and have pictures

taken from just the

right angle.
To be honest,
I care about those things.
I want those things.
I want
Pinterest pinnable
crafts.
And pictures
taken from
just the right angle.
I care.
They don't.

 

They care

about love.

Just love.

 

They care about

time spent

with them.

Kisses.

Hugs.

Feeding babies

and tea parties.

Dress up hats

and princess dresses.

 

The good stuff.

 

And now I'm off

to Target for

a new notebook,

some highlighters
and some new pens.

Back to school.