Reality VS SuperMom

"Okay kids, we're going to start a special new tradition today.  What we're going to do is...Hey, put that down!..Don't touch that!..Get off the!..Let go of!..That's not for!..Wait!..Stop!..AAAaaaaaaaaahhhhh!"

Sometimes this is how my lessons go.  I get inspired with fanciful ideas of how to make ordinary days special and how to make special days more meaningful.  But my kids are, well, kids.  And kids often  find a way to destroy anything they come near.

So this is just a moment of honesty, me saying to you that just because the pictures are silent and seem peaceful, doesn't mean the moment is silent and peaceful.  Just because the lesson is created, doesn't mean it is without any hitches.  I have to work through all of those hitches with every lesson.

I have to come up with a system of turn-taking for the Advent calendar so they don't spend the lesson fighting over who gets to set the angel in his place.  I have to remind the kids not to move the leaves around on the Thanksgiving tree, stacking them all upside down on one branch, and for heaven's sake, please make sure what you write on each leaf is meaningful and not something like, "I am thankful for toilets!"

My kids are not perfect listeners.  And I am not a perfect teacher.  Or a perfect mom.  That is reality.  I'm still brilliant, though.  And so are you.  So take any lessons that inspire you, make them your own, and be brilliant, momma.  You can do this.