Not the beginning nor the end...somewhere in the middle of no where

The beginning of parenting can be compared to a fairy tale...there is a time of torment and hardship only to be transformed into a moment of pure joy and what might seem to be a happily ever after...till mom becomes weary and tired. That is when she becomes Cinderella before the Fairy Godmother came to visit. She is constantly washing dishes, laundry, picking up after others, cooking, cleaning and dreaming of the day when her Fairy Godmother will pay a visit....than when she arrives, The cinderella mom will not ask to be put in a pumpkin carriage to wear a beautiful gown to a ball, what she really wants is for the fairy godmother to stop waving her magic wand and actually get down on her hands and knees and help too.

Most of us do not want a fix all...where would the fun be in that....there wold be no purpose to life nor would there be anymotivation for anything really. But we really do want a helping hand sometimes. This is where I turn into the Snow White Mom, albeit, I do not have 7 little dwarves running around, I only have six. Instead of them picking up their little pick axes and heading off to hunt for thier treasure I would like them to pick up their dirty socks and clothes, wash their dishes before they start growing into a science project and stop taking lessons from the The Evil Step Mother when it comes to brewing strange concoctions in the bathroom sink. Now you know why buying cheap shampoo is so important...that and bars of soap that have been turned into bars of slime. YUCK.

My Prince Charming of a Husband is often off slaying dragons at work or gaining new knowledge so that he can head off on new and more exciting adventures...of course he has to head off to foreign lands in the mean time, but I think he would prefer the exciting adventure of school over sandy hot terrain...so hopefully he will get his chance sooner than later...there is no magic potion to turn one young again and we are only getting older by the day. LOL

No matter what Prince Charming is up to, this Snow Whitish, Cinderella Mom kind of wishes she was a bit like Sleeping Beauty with time standing still while she takes a long nap. It would be nice to know that while you are taking a much needed break your children are all sleeping quietly too. But every mother knows that if you close your eyes for a second, take a break at all, that your work load will be doubled and that you will only have to work that much longer to catch up to where you want to be.

So for now, this Snow Whitish, Cinderalla mom/ Sleeping Beauty Wannabe is going to turn into the Wicked Witch of the west and call her kids downstairs to do thier chores.

Memories of a not so long ago time

The day that Allen came home was really cold... We were so thrilled to have hime home. Here we are surrounding him and wishing that we could get home and keep him there forever.....

This is right before the buses drove up as we huddled on the icy benches...really, they were scraping off the ice with ice scrapers right before we sat on them.....brrr....but yay, it is the end of a long year and the beginning of a new chapter.....