As a child I wasn’t privy to wearing name brands. My mom raised me as a single mother and while my father was there for me financially and physically, my mother still struggled at times to make ends meet. Only way I got something name brand was if it was on sale or it was given to me as a gift. Once I hit high school I was given the good ‘ole if you want it then you need to buy it talk. Once I started working I never looked back.
Now as a responsible adult, I will.NOT break the bank for name brands any longer but if I find nice things on sale I will purchase them. I am guilty of purchasing a large amount of Polo for Lil Man. I get the shirts from Marshall’s or the Polo outlet. I have my preference and I love little boys in Polo so I buy it, when I can. Weelllll somewhere along the 
way Lil Man got it twisted and started to think it’s his RIGHT to wear Ralph Lauren. The other day I picked up some shirts for him, brought them home and gave them to him. Do you know he looked at me with the straight face and told me he couldn’t wear them because there wasn’t a Polo man on it. WHAAAAA? Then I had to have that let me tell you one thing talk with him. You know the talk, the one that as you verbally speak out loud, in your head you are repeating to yourself D*&% I sound like my mother.
Later on I started thinking. He has never really known what its like to want something and not be able to get it, or be made fun of because he doesn’t wear the popular sneakers. We haven’t intentionally created this environment for him, at least I don’t think. As parents I think we have maybe given him too much and now in an effort to raise a well rounded and grateful child it may be time to start pulling back and instead start teaching him lessons that he is indeed blessed to have the things that he does and those things are not necessities but extras.
I guess I assumed that he would know but how would he if we don’t teach him. I guess it all comes with the curse of wanting our children to have more than we ever had but that comes at a cost. The cost that if we don’t take the time out to explain to them those things come with hard work and dedication we could easily raise a spoiled brat who feels entitled to the finer things in life..not gonna happen.
Note taken, lesson learned.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, remember the post here about him talking back. Well he has gotten worse. I blogged that rant over at Mami 2 Mommy on Monday. Go read, and give your girl some feedback. Between Lil Mama standing up and Lil Man running off at the mouth, I am worn OWT! Somebody buy me a “drank” puhlease!
Yeah, I didn’t get to it last week so you get a double dose this week.
Things around here have been quite normal *knock on wood*. Everyone is in good health, all the bills have been paid with a teeny bit left over. I’m thankful.
On the other hand..
My housework and grocery shopping skills have been the pits. I haven’t cooked much but no one is starving, we drank water all week, because I didn’t feel like going to the store for juice..H20 is good for you anyway. Everyone had clean clothes although they had to dig them out of the laundry basket because I didn’t get around to folding them. I took the week off…no it wasn’t planned but I was tired and didn’t feel like it.
I’ve had some pretty good times these past two weeks, maybe too much, and the snowball effect of it has been manifested in my lackluster homemaking skills..who knows and furthermore who cares.
March 10, the awesome young lady who hooked me up with the Mr. was having a birthday dinner. Being that I am forever indebted to her I got myself down to Benihana and had dinner with her.
My first college roomate and I
Roomie and I with the birthday girl
That following Saturday I headed out to help Niya and Candy Cake Co. sell cake truffle pops at the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Sunday the 13th Lil Man had his first recital. He did so well. I am very proud of him. Prior to heading out to the recital I had a moment thinking about how proud of him my mother would have been. I shed a few tears and we headed out. I know she was watching him.
All smiles for our piano player
So in a nut shell that’s been my last two weeks. Whatchu been up to?
Yeah, I have been real janky about blogging lately. Not sure why, can you believe I didn’t have much to say, okay actually I had too much to say and for some reason the words wouldn’t come. No worries, I am back on blogging schedule becuase I just know you all look forward to reading my randomness!!
In other news:
Addison is sleeping better. I was beginning to feel a little undone with the lack of sleep I was getting.
Spring has been rearing its bee-u-tiful face lately. Delightful, but I am not fooled. I know cold weather is coming back around. For this reason I can.not wear sandals or any full spring attire. In the words of my mother, ” this is pneumonia weather, put on a jacket.” I can’t officially change over my gear until it has been consistently warm for at least 3 weeks.
Went shopping this weekend for a few spring items. Found a few things. I am surprised at how cheap I have become. I have to rationalize everything before I buy it. I suppose that’s a good thing.
Divinitee is coming along. Not as well or as fast as I would like, and that would be because of my continuous lack of discipline. More problems with the printer, hopefully will have shirts mailed out this week. Sometimes I wish I had a business partner to hold me accountable, the thing is they would have to be ’bout their business and a drill sargeant and then I would probably get mad and tell them to kick rocks because this is “my” business. Y’all pray for me, I feel so defeated because I just can’t get it together. *sigh* or maybe it was the lack of sleep…or my son’s recent non stop talking binges..speaking of
OMG, Jesus please be the YKK on a zipper for Adrian’s mouth. I love my baby, yes I do but the talking has been NON STOP the past week. I mean NONSTOP. It’s like his eyes and mouth are connected by a string. When he opens his eyes in the morning it doesn’t shut until his eyes close for the night. I just figured out how to record on my phone and if I can figure out how to upload on here, I will let you all hear so you don’t think I am exaggerating. He is out of school the next two days, we will spend LOTS of time outdoors.
Enough.
How are you? I missed your comments on my brief hiatus. What’s going on in your neck of the woods? How’s the weather where you are? How are your babies? Made any strides in fulfilling your dreams? Read a good book lately? Something, tell me something….Calling all lurkers…Calling all lurkers!
Love Y’all!