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Mean Moms

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Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent,
I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
I loved you enough to ask where you were going,
with whom, and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you
discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for
two hours while you cleaned your room,
a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough to let you see anger,
disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children
must learn that their parents aren't per fect..

I loved you enough to let you assume the
responsibility for your actions even when the
penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough to say
NO when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of all.
I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates parents,
you will tell them.

Was your Mom mean?

I know mine was.
We had the meanest mother in the whole world!
While other kids ate candy for breakfast,
we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.

When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch,
we had to eat sandwiches.

And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was
different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times.
You'd think we were convicts in a prison.

She had to know who our friends were
and what we were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we
would be gone for an hour, we would
be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it,
but she had the nerve to break
the Child Labor Laws by making us work.

We had to wash the dishes, make the beds,
learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry,
empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs.


I think she would lie awake at night
thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
By the time we were teenagers,
she could read our minds and had
eyes in the back of her head.
Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn't let our friends
just honk the horn when they
drove up they had to come up to
the door so she could meet them.

While everyone else could date
when they were 12 or 13, we
had to wait until we were 16.

Because of our mother we missed out
on lots of things other kids experienced.

None of us have ever been caught
shoplifting, vandalizing other's
property or ever arrested for any
crime. It was all her fault.

Now that we have left home, we are all
educated, honest adults. We are doing our best
to be mean parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
It just doesn't have enough mean moms!


PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE
MEAN MOTHERS YOU KNOW.
(And Their Kids) :)

The little girl’s progress

She is turning into being more like a girl than a baby each day, Masha Allah. Apart from counting, identifying shapes and colours, imitating animal sounds recognizing alphabets, J has also got quite attached to her jungle of stuffed animals. She seems to like them very much and wants to play with them quite often. She is also quite the talker and mess maker. As for keeping her occupied it varies from ridiing her car, doing her colouring, playing with water during her bath time, building up towers with her blocks, meals and a two hour nap time. Its too cold to take her to parks so we occasionally take her to the mall play area. She is also fond of reciting Quran which include sura fathiha, sura Iklas and the night prayer in addition to her mumbling assalamu alaikum, bismillah and alhamdulillah before and after meals and after sneezing. Shopping is not one of her favourite outings but nevertherless she just loves to tag along with mum and dad wherever they may be headed to. Her love for singing whether it be in the car or while she is playing seems to be overgrowing!

This year is going to be a big year for her Insha Allah. Big sister and all. The grandparents are going to fuss over her and spoil her while they are here but yeah she deserves it. With so little company she deserves all the attention she can get. So until next time these are the adventures of 2.2 year old little princess.

16 weeks

Finally I get to see the mid wife in the new state. I thought that without my records it will be a problem to get things sorted out but they managed to see me and I finally had the old clinic fax the documents. Hearing the heartbeat is a reassurance each time and we can see the little guy or girl Insha Allah in about 4 weeks time to confirm the gender and check on the organs and development.

Yesterday and Today

Some days are good and some days are bad. So Yesterday was not good. The Nausea played up and the sore throat doesn’t help. Complaining doesn’t help either. Thankful that the husband comes home and takes care of dinner.

Today was much better. Even managed to make breakfast, clean up and vacuum just a bit. Going to get some rest now when the toddler is asleep!