My mom is here for a week to give me a bit of a ‘vacation’. My dream vacation is to work as much as I can, have someone watch the kids, make dinner and bring me tea without even asking. I am in heaven! We are going to end the week by going to the Saturday market on Salt Spring Island – I’m so excited! John is going to watch the little ones and me and my mom get to look at as much pottery as we want!
Thanks for the show of support over the last post about the Playmobil. I’m glad that I’m not the only one that struggles with the Grandparent plastic. The subject of toys is a touchy one. We have many beautiful, open ended natural toys at our home but we also have a few bits and pieces that , I suppose, don’t fit that criteria. I sometimes get a tad overwhelmed thinking that I’m doing something ‘wrong’ because my kids have some plastic toys, they don’t always have organic food and one of our favorite games to play is ‘Tim Hortons Drive Thru’. There’s a lot of pressure on us moms, especially moms that are concerned with things like food, the environment and raising our children in a holistic way. I just wanted to say all this because I think a lot of mamas are like me, but to me it feels that sometimes you have to either be on one ‘side’ or the other.
One of my most favorite people that I’ve had the pleasure of knowing once told me that ‘Yes, you can be a ‘hippie’ and like Betsey Johnson bags’. Now that’s smart advice – thanks Liz.
On doll news – I have six dolls that I’ll be posting up on Friday. Brandi ( lovely mama that works with me a few hours in the afternoon) and I are talking about recording ourselves and counting how many times we say ‘cute’ in an afternoon. My guess is over 200, Brandi thinks it’s more than that. Gotta break out the thesaurus.
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