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).

[Donna K & Quincy]

Happy Mother's Day Mamacita! I spent many days feeling like Marge.

I only wish there had been a web site like DoodleKisses for mother's when I was raising my son, I would have had the trophy in no time at all. My son tells me I was a good mother and that his friend's mothers were nuts. I'm not sure that's a glowing recommedation as a mother as much as a comment on my sanity.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Happy Day??? to you too, Nina!  Remember, I only know stupido in Spanish :)

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

¡Feliz Día, Mamacita!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Thanks, Karen!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Happy Mother's Day to you, too, Laurie!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Nancy, Nana sounds like a good name to me. What did they end up calling you??

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Your blogs are such fun to read!  Mamacita is great!!!!!  When trying to come up with a grandma name that wasn't already in use, I wanted Nana.  My DIL said it reminded her of Nana the St. Bernard in Peter Pan and vetoed it!  WTD, she is a dog lover through and through so if I am fine with being named after a dog, she should be!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Love all the fun stories! I knew the garbage search was for the dreaded lost retainer. I remember those days. Nicky, I remember going through the bank drive-in just screaming at my oldest about something and turn to see the teller listening to every word...oops!

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

Nicky - I once dug through the trash at a Wendy's - totally disgusting!  Lucky for us we realized what happened right away and we only had to go through 1 large waste basket full. My dd and I still laugh about that one!  Ahh - the love of a child!

[Sharon & Monty]

Nicky, I have split a gut over this one. you rock MOM!