Adventures In Frugal Land

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Enjoy The Glitter

The other day a very strange thing happened. My adorable daughter started to sparkle. What happened to her? More specifically, what happened to her feet?

 

 

She found the glitter.

 

Glitter

Glitter has been banned from my house for obvious reasons. Somehow, it managed to sneak its way back in. While my back was turned, my daughter decided that she was going to do arts and crafts.

 

If you never had the experience of dealing with glitter, let me explain something to you. It multiplies. You can clean it up and it comes back. It’s an infestation of sparkles. One that will never go away. Once you have glitter in your home, it doesn’t ever leave.

 

I thought about how to handle it. I admit, my first thought was one of frustration. Seriously, glitter is a pain to try to clean up. Then, I thought of how proud she was of her artwork (which is pretty amazing) and of how sparkly it was.

 

So, I decided that I was going to enjoy the glitter.

To find the humor in the fact that my family will sparkle for months.

Hey, at least I can say that my house sparkles!

I'm Going To Enjoy The Glitter

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Judgment

Why is there so much judgment between moms? Isn’t it enough that everyone else judges us? Do we have to do it to each other? As much as I would like to say that I have never judged other mom,  I’m guilty.

Even before I had a child,  I would assume I knew why that mom caved over her kid throwing a fit in the grocery store over a candy bar. She was a weak mother. Unable to discipline her own child. Why did I have to witness her kid screaming?  When I had a child, I would always keep my kid in line.

Ha. That did NOT happen. At all.

Does that mean I don’t pass judgment anymore?

No. It doesn’t. I think it’s gotten better but I still have those moments where a judgmental thought crosses my mind.

I wish the whole  cycle would stop. That moms would respect other moms. Even if they have a different parenting style. At the end of the day, we are all trying to raise our kids the best we can.