Two Beares and their Cubs: December 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010

Can't Help But Smile!

Even on rough days like today, when no one wants to listen to instructions or take a nap, I just can't help but smile! I mean, who could be cuter?!

Sibling Love ... well, at least for the moment!

Cute and smiley even with banana hair!

Adorable even when telling me to stop taking pictures!

And, of course, feeding time is always a happy time!

Love these smiling faces!!!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

So there are some "parentisms" that I said I would NEVER say! Things like "because I said so" or "life's not fair". However, now that I am a parent, I find myself either saying them or on the brink. What is it about being a mom that makes all of these sayings make sense or at least come out of your mouth?

Clayton's favorite question is WHY. Usually this question is preceeded by me asking him to brush his teeth, or put his his pajamas on, or put his plate in the sink. To which I can only come up with one response, "because I said so". Right now, this is the only reason he will actually respond to. If I try to explain that the sun has gone down, which means it's bedtime, and thus he should put his pajamas on, he asks WHY again. So if I just say, "because I said so", then I waste less time.

Even more recently, Clayton has begun saying that things aren't fair. (Hence the picture of him yelling at me to stop taking pictures!) Like when it's time to clean up his art stuff or leave the house, he yells saying that it's not fair. I'm not one who is a fan of the "life's not fair" bit, but I have said that I am the parent and that's how it is going to be. I think he confused the word "parent" to "fair one", since one day he told me that he was the fair one. Interesting twist of words, I think.

There are still more parentisms that I don't really think I can see myself using. Most of which I refer to as "eddie-isms", my dad, since I don't know that anyone else used them. When we were in trouble or jokingly talking about someone getting in trouble, my dad would say "Katie better bar the door!" Not that any of us were named katie, this is just what he said. Then, if we asked my dad where he was going, he would respond with "Hollywood". So, as you can tell, these parentisms would not easily be in my parenting vocabulary.

So my question is, anyone else have a better response to the age-old question of "why"? And what other things do you catch yourself saying to your kids that you swore you never would?