Before I "unload on you all" if you will, I would first like to mention a fun lil' activity I did with my toddlers the other day. I bought 2 bags of balls= 30 (The more the merrier in my opinion & its probably best you get a size that can't easily be choked on for your own piece of mind). I gave my girls each a water bottle container to put them in (you can also use pitchers or large cups). 1st I had them each look at their container & I explained how they were EMPTY, nothing was inside of them. Then I threw the balls sporadically throughout the playroom, kind of like an Easter egg hunt, & then set the girls free to track down as many as they could & load up their containers. Once they were filled, I had them look at the containers again & explained how now their water containers were FULL. They had a blast collecting the balls & then dumping them out over & over again. With Aidann we also practiced putting the balls in a line, making them a circle, separating them by colors, & so forth. It was a really fun activity that they begged to do again today!
Okay (dun-dun-dun-dun plays in the background), it about that time. You hear it a lot more these days, those who do not have kids proclaiming that after having kids your life is basically over. I am talking about the extremest who hardcore believe this statement & almost turn up their noses at those who have chosen to have kids rather than going out there & "really accomplishing big things". I remember when I was 22 years old & happily told someone I knew that I was going to have a baby & they actually kind of said in so many words "that's too bad, you had so much potential". I almost wanted to laugh in disbelief. I just heard it again on E! news when they were interviewing some actor. I understand that choosing to have kids might put some of your dreams on pause for a second or cause you to have to be a lil' more creative in the route you select in achieving various dreams, but all is not totally lost. Gosh, I remember when I attended the 1st meeting before entering the teaching program at the university. The speaker was extremely cynical, but at the end of her speech she gave us a list of major life events to just avoid all together until we had accomplished all we wanted to accomplish-I did every single "DON'T DO" am very proud to say that I not only graduated on time, but did so Summa Cum Laude. Got married, had a baby, got in a major car accident (not my fault), went on a vacation, moved into a new house, & continued working while I was in school. It all can be done! You just have to decide how bad you want things. Having kids might even inspire you to have even bigger & better dreams for yourself! Things that you might not have ever thought of or realized you had a passion for. I understand some people's reasoning, but for those hardcore haters I will tell you right now that for me with each lil miracle that enters my life, I am happier & happier-more & more driven to not only improve & enrich my own life, but theirs as well.
-M&M Momma
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