nothing new to report. still doing the same old things. getting the kids to school, making bento three days a week, hanging out with tommy. there is a little bit of unbloggables, but that's mainly because i don't know how to say it. it's not that serious, don't worry, but all the same, i can't write about it! ha.
last night hiro cut his finger and i had a go at yoshi for it. hiro wants to help so bad, but i just can't let him. i guess that makes me overprotective, but then, he's never cut his finger on my watch (and oh hey, who was in charge when sasha sliced her thumb with the veggie peeler? hint: it wasn't me.) it's one of those things that happen, but shouldn't have, in my opinion. yes, i get that hiro wants to help and yes, i understand that he doesn't get it that he's not big enough (i mean, not tall enough, mainly). add on that i have a teeny tinesy kitchen and well, mark me down as mean mommy, because i don't let my kids help in the kitchen. i will try to find things for him to do (like cutting tofu with a butter knife or something) so he can have fun helping, but for goodness' sake, no more knives and sharp objects for the kids!!
today was pretty hot and muggy, and the weekend forecast is not promising (rain rain) so we may be heading for rainy season. oh joy. well, good things come out of rainy season, so i will try to keep my complaining to a minimum. and i will also try to update more often!
November 16, 2024
57 minutes ago
Posts
5 comments:
Hi there. Hope things are OK. Rainy weekend? Stink. We will have TEN small children (aged one to six) running round inside then for Shou's birthday. That should lead for some excitement.
Hope Hiro is alright. Shou wants to do everything himself too and I want him to try but there is definitely a limit and damn it, if he wants to help in the kitchen the least he can do is start dressing himself and drying himself and putting his own shoes on, cleaning his own teeth, going to sleep on his own ......
So when are you coming to play?
I wish you could come on Sunday and join the riot at GW's! I hope everything's okay, please come soon to get feet eaten.
Holy shit. If you can come tomorrow you're all more than welcome but please come at your own risk. It will be madness. I'm counting on Lena and Amy to help entertain the masses of ankle biters :)
BTW - starts at half ten and I presume the Japanese people will leave a couple of hours later.
You are definitely not a mean mommy at all. ; ) If it helps at all, I don't let Noah touch the knives or peelers at all either, so I understand what you're saying completely, I feel the same way. Because I also would be worried of a possible accidental cut, slice, gash, etc too. That's why I don't.
I think I started letting Branden use the peeler in the 1st grade with my observation. I let my kids help but basically just easy jobs. "Like Noah, can you pull the mushrooms, potatoes and onion and carrot out of the fridge for me please?" Or do you wanna help tear some lettuce for a salad? Help scoop out the cookie dough into little scoops onto a cold (hasn't been in the oven yet type) baking tray. Or B will help roll out the pizza dough and both Noah and Branden can put the toppings on together type stuff. Or I'll let them both be my chief #1 taste tester of the food while I'm cooking ; ) Easy jobs basically. And they help clear the table, again they clear the easy stuff, no hot soup or bbq ribs or anything that could drop or make a hellish mess for me to clean up basically. ; ) Easy stuff just like you mentioned about the tofu and the butterknife. Agree agree agree. : )
I hope Hiro's finger heals soon, poor little guy. And fwiw, I would have had a go at Noboru too, if he had done the same. So I understand totally. Also...ps, last year Noboru (while my bil and his wife and my niece were here last summer) DH wanted Branden and Noah to help flip the meat on the BBQ grill!!!! First thing that pops in my mind is...does he NOT understand how completely dangerous that is? Visions of running to the ER raced through my head. And I said flat out....no way they're too young and it's dangerous. No way was I going to budge on that one. And I didn't. He could tell I was dead serious. So the subject was dropped. We did discuss it later that night and I told him how I felt and it's never been mentioned since. My husband thinks I am overprotctive too and I'm really okay with it. ; ) Better to be safe then sorry, like they always say.
Anyway just wanted to say...you're a very good mom!!!
Also, one more thing to add. Fwiw, I also don't let my kids help out every single day either. I mean most of the time, us mom's we're just so busy, we're nearing the end of a very long day and just trying to get that meal cooked and dinner on the table and kids fed, and shower and bed. I try to let my kids help out 1-2 times a week tops. But on most normal nights, I'm just trying to get that dinner made. And the kids stay in the living room. Watching Tv or playing upstairs. And then I call out...dinner, lol. Now on a Saturday, when I have nothing to do, and I have the patience of a saint, I don't mind the kids helping me in the kitchen sure no problem. But on a busy weeekday and I've been up since 5:30am. Not likely for me. : )
Anyway, I just wanted to say you are a fantastic mom! And your post had me shaking my head in agreement.
Post a Comment