"Not me!" Monday - 2nd installment

As soon as I posted "Not me!" Monday a few weeks ago, I was instantly wishing that I hadn't hit "Publish Post." I was worried about what people would think of me. Well, you know what... Newsflash: I'm NOT perfect in any way, shape, or form. Sure I write flowery things about my precious kids and post their cute little faces on a frequent basis, but I make many mistakes and do silly things constantly. At the risk of embarrassing myself to the entire blogosphere, I am going to put my pride aside and be real and honest. Here goes...

1. I did not watch my husband blissfully snoring away at 3:30am as I sat in our bed and nursed our newborn. I most certainly did not stick out my tongue at him and mumble under my breath about how nice it must be to get 8 hours of sleep. I did not debate about whether I should wake him just to point out that I was up (again!) feeding our child. That would be childish and selfish. I, of course, am not either of those things.

2. I did not just throw away shredded cheese that I found in the drawer of our refrigerator that expired on October 25th. That was almost 2 months ago for Pete's sake! Eww! That would mean that I hadn't cleaned out the cheese drawer in my fridge since Drew was born. That, of course, is not true. It's a good thing that did not happen in my house!

3. I did not spend my entire day feeding children, diapering a baby, burping a baby, playing with two children, doing two load of laundry, putting away a load of dishes, making some delicious tortilla soup, and playing countless games of Memory, Candyland, and Go Fish. I did not do all of the above activities only to realize tonight (at 5pm) that I did not shower, brush my hair, change out of my pajamas, change either of my children out of their pajamas, or put on deodorant today. That would mean that I have my unwashed hair in a ponytail, am wearing sweatpants and a old tee shirt, have on no makeup, and smell less than desirable. That, of course, is not the case. We "dress for dinner" at our house and I never go a day without makeup (much less deodorant!).

4. I did not feel a tugging on the back of my shirt yesterday only to turn around and realize that a certain 3 year-old was using the back of my shirt to wipe his snotty nose on. YUCK! That's gross! What kind of ill mannered child would do such a thing?!?!?! Definitely not mine. I've taught him better than that.


5. My husband did not make the following comments the other day: "I'm glad that you blog. It shows me a whole different side of you. You're funny." That would mean that my husband does not think that I am funny on a daily basis. Hmmm... glad he didn't say that.


6. My child did not see the following bottle of medication on the counter today:

and say, "Mommy, is this medicine for mommies who have a headache from their babies crying?" That would mean that I had said, at some point, that Drew's crying was giving me a headache. I did not, of course, say such a thing. Every peep that comes out of that sweet baby's mouth is music to my ears.

There you have it, friends. I am going to trust that you all are laughing with me and not at me. Okay, okay, so you are laughing at me - I'm laughing at me, too. :)