Pinterest Mom

I'll admit, it's been a while. I've been busy. There's a lot on the horizon. I'm just not ready to share all of that...so for now...

I've been doing a lot of Pinterest browsing recently. I've pinned all kinds of party ideas (Construction Zone Luke and Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust! for Savannah) and can easily see my party creating beginning this fall. I've pinned ideas about teaching math skills (gasp! Savannah is already old enough!) and I've pinned all kinds of cute recipes. I've pinned crafts with kids, Christmas ideas, all kinds of things. I'm one of those moms. At Savannah's 4th birthday, one of her new friends from school attended, along with her mother. The mom looked around and said, "So you are one of those moms who goes all out, huh?". I just laughed and said I loved crafting, and I do.

So I am on of those moms...the kind that always brings something out of the ordinary for Halloween treats, or decorates like crazy for a birthday, or creates all kinds of holiday themed crafts with my kids. I am the craft leader for VBS (keep an eye out for a post where I try out all of this year's Kingdom Rock crafts out with Savannah!) and I put a lot of time into making memories. We have an elf at Christmas that does all kinds of silly things. *sigh* I am definitely one of those moms.

I've seen a lot of comments, memes, pins, etc. about moms who aren't like me...aren't craft crazed. And I agree with most of them - the little things I work myself into a tizzy over are probably not going to change anything about Savannah or Luke's outlook on life. They probably don't even realize the amount of work I put into making just one moment a little more special. I realize, and I enjoy it. But the other day, out of nowhere, I got a little reminder that all my hard work does stick in Savannah's memory. I'm not sure what brought it up, but out of the blue, Savannah said, "My silly Ralphie - he turned the milk green!"...she was referring to our resident elf, Ralphie, that in December decided the milk should be green. So while my kids may not remember all of the details, they will remember some, and as they age, they will realize that I love them so much and did so much to make their childhoods special. So yeah, I'm one of those moms. What do you have to say about it?