Chronicles of Mommy

Eating with Lola

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one”
Jill Churchill

Today, my husband spontaneously suggested we share a family meal. Meaning my sister and her family, my mother and my brother who lives next door, and us. My sister just ate, and so, we went to see Lola (my mother) at her work by ourselves.

On the way, we picked up some Boston Market food. I didn't feel like cooking or baking anything just yet. I make some rolls and stuff, but I am not in full-steam cooking mode or is it mood?

I like it when we do stuff together. My kids love it. In fact, DS3 was all ready to stay and work with Lola. We had to drag him away while he screamed "I want Lola. I want to stay." Yes, he was very articulate because it's something he really wanted.

Here's some pictures we took withDH's camera phone. I forgot my "real" camera, but this one's not bad.

My daughter once told me that when she's grown up and have children, I'll be like Lola for her. What she really meant was for me to be there for her like my mother is for me. She's looking forward to it. So, here's hoping I am half the mother my Mama is.

Happy Birthday, DS1!

Happy 8th birthday sweetheart! Mommy and Abba are very proud of you.

When DS1 was new, he's the one on the left. I remember laboring and pushing for 3 hours! This baby did not want to come out. I felt him swim the wrong way.

He'd be engage in the birth canal, and in between contraction, off to my ribcage he goes. After Demerol, epidural, and spinal, he still wasn't ready to go out. He loves his apartment, thank-you-very-much! Off we went to a different room where they showed me a forcep to help him out the rest of the way. He's 7 pounds, 11.7 oz.

We love DS1 very much. He's smart- honor roll student, funny, and very talented with his piano. He's sensitive, and creative. He's everything a mother can dream of in a child. Throughout the years, he's always made us proud of him.

He's 3 years old here

He's 4 years old here

He's 5 years old here

He's 6 years old here

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Technololgy is sometimes good for children. It makes them learn things we would never have learned at their age. At least not in my generation, because even if we wanted to, some tech didn't exist yet.

DS2 managed to put together the mouse, monitor, keyboard so he could play on the computer. He was almost 2 years old when he did this. I dismantled my old computer because he was always playing. It's an advantage. It's also a time-sucker...like when I play around with my blog template because the other one's getting old.