I am pretty much the most on-top-of-my-life working mother that I know. For example,
- I’m continually exceeding expectations at work (read: after five years, people still ask Erin who that “blonde girl” is)
- I have a year’s worth of menus and recipes planned and organized in a fun, color-coordinated file system (read: we sometimes eat cheerios for dinner, right off the floor where they have been sitting since breakfast and/or lunch)
- I have weeks worth of laundry washed, ironed, and folded (read: irons terrify me, and we have resorted at times to taking our laundry to the dry cleaners just to be washed… did you know they did that?)
- My house is spotless – no clutter, dirt, fingerprints on glass, or sticky residues on furniture due to toddler activities (read: sigh….)
- I am always on top of appointments, meetings, deadlines, and all manner of other responsibilities (read: is today Sunday or Monday or Tuesday? Crap! – am I supposed to be in a meeting???)
- I’m on the board of several important community organizations (read: I sometimes wave to the neighbors, who wave back and then ask each other who that blonde girl is)
- All this and never a tear or complaint.
One of my awesome alpha-mom attributes is my ability to get everything done that I want to, and way ahead of schedule. For example, here are the awesome family pictures that I wanted to post TODAY, RIGHT NOW. Nevermind that Cami took them a year ago and the baby has tripled in size since then. I wanted a year to pass before I shared them with the world. It’s all according to plan. Hmph.
Don’t worry – none of us has changed that much except that I’m much skinnier, much taller, and much younger looking.
11 comments:
They're still great pictures despite the longer shelf life. Cute family.
No worries Laura, I've yet to meet a working mother (or a non-working mother for that matter) who is on top of all things. I don't think that mom exists.
I think it was the perfect idea to wait one year to post those pictures. I don't think I would have appreciated them in the same profound way like I do today.
The are lovely.
Love the pictures! I remember the one of Squiggles (about a year ago) with headless parents. What a joy to put heads on them! I think the one of Squiggles was adorable but now the pictures are complete.
I don't think you give yourself enough credit. You do a lot more than many mothers I know and I think you're pretty awesome.
Darling pictures, Laura!
As your mother, I have learned to appreciate all of your talents and to enjoy pictures if and when I get them! They are darling. Tim still looks so handsome, baby is adorable and you look lovely. And you are still a talented writer!
It's hard to take bad pictures of beautiful people who obviously all adore each other.
I for another one am thrilled to see them again after a year. Remember when we thought it was so funny to take a standing picture because she couldn't even stand up yet?!? I guess that's the only joke lost in the time warp. :)
Wow, you constantly amaze me with your ability to get things done. Way to go Laura! (Read: I didn't read any of those reads.)
I am much the same minus the working mom part! Maybe that is a little sad that I can't keep the house in order since I don't work outside of the home. Hmmm.... I can't wait til next year to see this years family photo's!
Laura. I loved this post.
Cute pictures! You're so funny!
You are so awesome! What beautiful pictures!! And, I love your hair in them!
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