Momtruth Friday this goes on in every mom's head, the hamster wheel, it never freaking
stops you have the best of intentions, you are like today I'm gonna be present, feed my
kids that healthy organic chi chia quinoa smoothie
I'm gonna be completely present, put my phone down, I am going to enjoy every single minute
then you get to like 9am and you're like GET YOUR FREAKING SHOES ON and then you're like GET UPSTAIRS, STOP FIGHTING, GET TO YOUR ROOM, right?!
yeah and I'm gonna give you a box of Kraft Dinner because I don't have time to
go grocery shopping for anything else and guess what it doesn't really matter
it's what I grew up on anyways . It is such an impossible task
I'm gonna make sure that I don't give white bread because apparently it's
bleach is gonna kill my kids, I'm not going to yell because you know what I'm
just gonna be patient because I'm gonna realize what yelling actually sounds
like i'm going to use positive reinforcement
I'm not going to give her goldfish for breakfast and lunch and snack and dinner
we're gonna get outside and go for a walk
I'm might cancel cable, I'm canceling, i'm actually canceling cable. We only need
netflix for the adults, Kids do not need tv, no they don't need to tv. Oh wait I just
needed maybe just 20 minutes they said 20 minutes okay i don't think it's been
20 minutes, no it's not been 20 minutes no, no. I just I just need to answer this email
really quickly and i'll get back i'll be focused. You know what I'm gonna
read as many books as they want before bed and i'm going to read every word I'm
not going to skip, I am going to lie and just chat just chat and snuggle to and I'm not going to rush
They're each going to get their own time, oh you know what else I am going to do? What?
I'm gonna like do little dates with each and every one of them so thel all get the their own
time together,
yeah, I am going to write notes in each of their lunches, ohhhhh notes lunches don't forget to do
notes in lunches, beacuase we know what the other moms do it and I'm not gonna be the one
who doesn't do it. I'm gonna make sure
they have well-balanced meals, like I'm gonna make sure that there's vegetables . I am going to
meal plan actually, I am going to actually meal plan everyday,
so we don't waste any food for the family
so that we are saving family food family food. I'm going to make sure that we lay out their outfits and
my own, the night before, I'm going to actually prepare their lunches the night
before. I'm going to actually cut up all the fruits and vegetables for the week? for
the week, and put them in snack drawers so they know exactly what snack to get
and that's really healthy. i'm gonna really start taking care of myself, I'm gonna
start working out, getting dressed, I'm not just going to eat the leftovers that are on the table
my body's a temple and I gotta start showing my kids. I'm gonna
respect my husband when he walks in the door
I'm gonna go up to him give him a big juicy kiss, becasue I need to work on the
relationship, when he asks why the house is clean
I'm not going to get pissed, I'm not gonna ask why we're not rich because he was a work all day
I'm gonna have a dinner party, i'm gonna, i'm gonna get it together, i'm going
to invite people you, know what? this saturday night that sounds good.
I'm also going to make big batches of food and then freeze them in containers
idea i'm gonna make sure that I actually walk the kids to school. I'm not gonna drive, it's not that far, no
no no let's walk, let's use our bodies lets you know what? They're going to have
outdoor time everyday, we'll put like stations out they'll all go do like stations, yeah stations,
will have fun, we will lead it, you know? I'm gonna make beds,
oh I'm gonna make my bed ,every single morning I want it to be clean, me too.
We're gonna get a tidy up song and were going to bins for everything, and they're
going all to put their stuff away in the morning. I am going to get rid of all the toys, like I'm
gonna try to just have like four wood toys, I'm gonna make a new library and I'm
going to organize all the book based on age and level for the kids. i'm going to
youtube how to do those cool braids. yellings done right? we never yell we're going to use
gentle voices we might even as don't have to like a calming bottle, put some
glitter in it when they get mad they can just sittin to turn it over, we should
actually pintrest and look at some nice nice calming crafts. you know, I am going to start going to
bed earlier too, before bed I'm going to make a checklist of all those things that we just
mentioned, i'm going to grattitude journal, so that so i can just really talk about
how thankful I am
oh we should also make sure we do sex at least three times a week
at least, that keeps relationship strong. you know what I'm not gonna put too much
pressure on myself that wasn't too much
no no, thats just normal that what all other moms do anyways. yeah i think if we get that all
done and then we go to bed we want to worry about doing again better the next
day it's not a lot guys it's not a lot of things
happy Momtruth Friday