Well I was right in my last posting... I SUCK AT BLOGGING! Or maybe I suck at sticking with things. I have to commit to this blogging thing or not do it at all. So here goes!
Chloe is now in Grade two, and it's coming to a close. Last week she had a student appreciation assembly, and got an award for working hard & being kind. ( Each kid in the school gets one at some point in the year, but it's still special!) I was so proud sitting there watching her walk up & get it.. I always get teary eyed at these things, I am such a sap. So I had followed Tricia's great advice & bought Chloe a dozen red roses. MUST BE NICE EH? ANyways, after she got her award & was leaving the gym with her class, I went over & gave her the roses. Well, I didn't even consider this, but she was embarrased! By me! I guess being a young mom does not equal being a cool one in her books! She kind of made this OH GAWD face & took the roses & hid the under her arm. It wasn't exactly the you're the best mom ever reaction I had pictured!
I felt hurt, but just smiled & left for work. I thought about it at work all evening, and was sad that she is entering this stage already. I hoped that she would care less what her friends thought, but that goes with growing up as I remember well. So I decided not to bring it up to her at all & make a big deal about it.
That night after work I was tucking her into bed & had brought the flowers in a vase into her room. As I kissed her goodnight she said to me " Thank you so much for the roses Mom, I love them. That was really nice of you." I was speechless for a second. " I didn't think you liked it that I did that in front of your friends " I said. " No , " she said surprised. "Everyone in class was jealous"
So the moral of the stroy is, when your kids get to this stage, they might seem different on the outside, but they are still the same sweet kids that you love on the inside. Never stop doing special things for your kids because of what other people think.
I will never forget it & I hope she won't either