Happy Mother's Day from Laurie, Fudge, and Vern!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!  For the first year ever on this Mother's Day, I have a brand new son-in-law.  I grew up with two sisters and had two daughters, so adding a son to the family has been fun. When my daughter got married last June, they wanted to know what my new SIL should call me. I didn't really like all the suggestions they were coming up with and I had to mention, more than once, to my DH that I did not want to be called mother anything and finally said I had always liked the sound of Mamacita.   My SIL was fine with the name, but my DD kept saying that it was dumb because he was Asian and not Spanish.  Over the years, I have had a hard time convincing my DD that I am her intellectual equal, so sometimes it is fun to egg her on a little. I told her I realized that he was not Spanish when his name did not end with a vowel and proceeded to speak a little Spanish to her and said, “I am not stupido.”  After that, she looked at her husband and said, “Go ahead and call lame-o Mamacita.”  This, in a nutshell, is how our family communicates and I would not want it any other way!

 

Growing up I remember all those shows where the moms were perfect. They said the right thing, did the right thing, never raised their voices, and were nothing but loving at all times. We all know that isn't real life and my kids know it first hand. When I got Vern and Fudge, I read so many books on getting a dog, training a puppy, etc. that both girls started commenting that it was funny how they never saw me pick up one parenting book. When I told them people used to comment all the time what a natural I was at mothering, the oldest asked if I had given birth to any of those people. After she said it, the two of them could not stop laughing. This is my life as a mother.

 

Over the years, we have had our fights and disagreements and no one has ever accused any of us of being perfect. I am sure my kids will tell you, sometimes my parenting style could be compared to these ladies:

and sometimes I felt like this:

and I never came close to this:

But, being a mom is the best thing I ever did!  So, I would like to wish all those less than perfect moms, like me, a wonderful day!!

 

P.S. My youngest just came into the room and said she wants to spend time with me on Mother's Day!  I felt kinda bad when I said, "for god's sake, can't you see I am writing a blog on DK!"  When my DH wanted to know what was taking so long and what I was writing about, I told him the blog was about being a good mom and he said, "Now, I know why it took so long." Please refer to picture #2 (Marge Simpson).

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Susan, You said it perfectly about being a mom! Thank you!

[Susan and Sasha]

Laurie...you certainly do sound like a great Mom...and what a fun time everyone must have in your home!!  Lol...

Being a Mom...either to our children...or for those who don't have children...to our doodles...is a wonderfully rewarding...sometimes challanging...and totally filled with Love...experience!!

Happy Mother's Day To All Of Our DK Friends...

I Love being a Mom and Friend to my now grown children...Wife and Best Friend to my husband...and Sasha's Mom...

I am truly blessed...

 

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

This is my DD's favorite response :) Why didn't I raise dogs???

[FrenchPoodleDoodle]

Aww..Daddy was so funny at the end of this blog. :) He's the perfect parent.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Thanks, Tina!!

[Tina, Clover, Plus 5 More]

Happy Mother's Day to you too, Laurie!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Loved that story, F! They do try and embarrass sometimes, don't they?

Adina, Thank you! It goes in stages and when they get to be adults, they do realize they like their parents after all!

[Adina P]

I'm so curious what life will be like when I have adult kids.  I'm sure I'll have screwed them up SOMEHOW--it wouldn't be possible that they come out worshiping me. Loved your blog as always...cracked me up again!

[F, Calla & Luca]

My best moment was on a trip to visit my sister in California. We spent an afternoon at a lake and were about to go home to cook dinner. My older son was very thin and he was in his bathing suit. He decided he wanted a hot dog. I told him he couldn't have one as we were going to have dinner. In the middle of this parking lot, this painfully thin child wailed, "You never feed me." Luckily no one called child protective services. How do we survive it all?

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I think, Donna, with our kids we have to take the compliments when we get them and any way they are said...LOL! At least he did not group you in with the other nuts :) Hope you had a great day!